Pilot Officer Jean Louis De Gonzague Courteau
Accident in WW2
Date of Death:
General Information
Conflict:
WW2
Regimental No.:
J/27248
Cause of Death (in war):
Accident
Branch:
Air Force
Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Battalion:
Company:
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
St. Stanislas De Kostka, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
21 years 4 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
22 years 10 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
22 years 10 months
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Draftsman
Next of Kin:
Son Of Jean Rene And Germaine Courteau, Of Montreal; Husband Of Blanche Courteau, Maple Grove, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Place of Enlistment:
Montreal, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
Not Specified
Height:
5 ft 7.0 in / 170 cm
Weight:
141 lbs / 64 kg
Chest:
36.0 in / 91 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Married
Prior Military Experience:
Not Specified
Saw Service in:
Unknown
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Died in Service
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
531 days in service
Buried at:
Plot:
Plot 262. Grave 2.
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Pilot Officer Jean Louis De Gonzague Courteau
Ranks
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Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW2 |
Pilot Officer |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Air Force |
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Notes
Smoked 8 cigarettes/day
4 years High School, 1 year night courses
french, good english
Had a child to be born around May 17, 1944
employed as a draftsman with Montreal Light, Heat, Power Consolidated at time of enlistment
Additional Service Notes
Died during a low level cross country flight approximatly 7 miles north of Louisville, near St. Leon, Quebec. Airplane crashed, fracture of skull and neck caused death
Additional Next of Kin Notes
Wife Blanche Perreault married 12 June 1943 in Beauharnois, Quebec
