Leading Aircraftman McCanney lost his life on the Lewes River at Whitehorse when the small boat he was in was caught in a strong current.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Telephone Operator
Service Number: R/211788
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF Station Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
A student and residing in the Kootenay Hotel in Trail, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 Jan 1943 in Trail.
Son of the late Michael and Mary (née McKenna) McCanney; nephew of Miss M. McMenemin of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman Patrick McCanney is commemorated on Page 541 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Leading Aircraftman McCanney lost his life on the Lewes River at Whitehorse when the small boat he was in was caught in a strong current.
Military Service-
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Trade: Telephone Operator
Service Number: R/211788
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: RCAF Station Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
A student and residing in the Kootenay Hotel in Trail, British Columbia, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 27 Jan 1943 in Trail.
Son of the late Michael and Mary (née McKenna) McCanney; nephew of Miss M. McMenemin of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Leading Aircraftman Patrick McCanney is commemorated on Page 541 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
SACRED HEART OF JESUS
HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL.
R. I. P.
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