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Friday, August 19, 2022
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Pte. Ken Handsor
Pte. Ken Handsor served in the Canadian Army overseas. |
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Morris Harding
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LAC Edward Guyon Henderson, R.C.A.F. – Killed
LAC. Edward Henderson was one of 10 children of Son of Roland P. Henderson and Euphemia Henderson, of 319 Assumption Street in Windsor. He
was a graduate of Patterson Collegiate and a former welder
at Gotfredson’s Limited. He joined the Royal Canadian
Air Force in March of 1943 and was a Leading Aircraftman. Edward
Henderson was killed in an air accident in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
on November 24th, 1943. He was only 19 years old. Just months
before his death Henderson had been refused service in a downtown
Windsor restaurant because they did not serve ‘colored
people’. Edward G. Henderson is buried in Windsor (Grove)
Cemetery. To view the Commonwealth War Graves Commission certificate
honouring Edward Guyon Henderson please click here:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2266235 In Memory of
Leading Aircraftman EDWARD GUYON HENDERSON
R/221203, Royal Canadian Air Force
Remembered with honour
WINDSOR (GROVE) CEMETERY
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Trooper Robert Henderson
Robert Henderson was also one of Mr. and Mrs. Roland P. Henderson’s
ten children. At the age of 21 he went overseas. He served
in the Canadian Armored Corps and returned to Windsor at the
end of the war. This photo was taken in Volturno Valley, Dragoni,
Italy in July of 1944.
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Jesse Henderson
Jesse Henderson was born in 1909 and was the uncle of Edward
and Robert Henderson listed above. He served in an anti-aircraft
unit of the Royal Canadian Artillery in Belgium, France, Sicily
and Germany. Following the war Mr. Henderson was a correspondent
for the Detroit Independent writing stories about the Windsor
area and Amherstburg. He later became an oilman at Ford Motor
Company. Jesse Henderson was a long time resident of Amherstburg.
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Gnr. D.D. Johnson, R.C.A.F – Wounded
Johnson, the son of Hazel E. Johnson of 959 Mercer Street in Windsor, received
severe burns to his arms and chest while serving in Holland. Johnson was
wounded the day before victory was declared in Europe. |
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Pte. Ella Jackson, C.W.A.C
Ella Jackson, a former student of Patterson High School in Windsor, was
the first African Canadian woman from Western Ontario to be in the Canadian
Armed Services. |
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Frank Jackson
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Pte. Frank Johnson, Essex Scottish Regiment – Wounded
Private Frank Johnson, of 648 Cataraqui Street was wounded during D-Day
Operations in Normandy. Johnson returned home to his wife and six children. |
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Pte. Willie Jackson, #4 CITR
Pte. Willie Jackson served in the Canadian Army overseas.
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Sgmn. Lee Jackson, RCCS 4th C.A.B.
Sgmn. Lee Johnson served in the RCCS 4th C.A.B. He was stationed
in Holland in December of 1944 when he wrote the letter included
in the letters home section of this website.
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Lt. Col. Kenneth Jacobs
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Jacobs served in the Royal Canadian
Medical Corps in World War II. He was an Operating Room Assistant
at Vancouver Military Hospital.
On April 1, 1975 Kenneth Jacobs became the first Canadian of
African descent to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
(For more information on LCOL Jacobs see the Military Profiles
section of this website)
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