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17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 9:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Aird, Howat, Leeson, Landry, Markham, McLeod, McMillan
Would like to hear from any family members of these soldiers
and any other soldiers of 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp

Aird, George M

Private John C. HOWAT
Date Deceased: September 8, 1992
Age: 89
Service Information
Service Number: L50115
Units: 17th Co., CFC
Period of Service: World War 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Canwood Branch
Location: Canwood, Saskatchewan

Frank J. LEESON
Date Deceased: February 10, 1997
Age: 80
Service Information
Service Number: H56208
Units: 17th Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
Period of Service: World War 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Malahat Branch
Location: Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia

Private Oscar LANDRY
Date Deceased: In 1985
Age: 72
Service Information
Service Number: H56371
Units: 17th Canadian Forestry Corps
Period of Service: World War 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Keewatin Branch
Location: Keewatin , Ontario

Private Philip MARKHAM
Date Deceased: June 13, 2004
Age: 92
Service Information
Service Number: H56372
Units: 17th Co., CFC
Period of Service: World War 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Kenora Branch
Location: Ontario

Sergeant Thomas J. McLEOD
Date Deceased: March 24, 1990
Age: 87
Service Information
Service Number: H56292
Units: No. 17 Co., CFC
Period of Service: World War 1, World War 2, Regular Force
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Gen. Lipsett Branch
Location: Emo, Ontario

Private Peter G. McMILLAN
Date Deceased: October 18, 1990
Age: 70
Service Information
Service Number: 56399
Units: 17th Co., CFC
Period of Service: World War 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title: Life member, past president
Legion Branch: Atikokan Branch
Location: Atikokan, Ontario

Re: 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 5:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 May 2011 10:24PM GMT
I now have a complete list of the men of the 17th Coy
along with a 17th Coy photo
please contact me at
rj.gonefishing@shaw.ca
cheers
Bob

Company 17
Canadian Forestry Corp
District 1
Rosehall, Invershin, Camp 2

Canadian Mobilization Point – Ft. Frances, Ont
Mobilization Date – 18 Aug 1940
Arrived in Scotland – 20 Apr 1941
Ceased Operations in Scotland – 30 Sep 1943
Camps Occupied in Scotland
(relocation dates indicated) – Rosehall, Invershin

Aird, George McCrae, Private
Armstrong, G. T., Private
Arseneau, P., Cpl
Aube, O., Cpl
Aubey, H.J., Private
Baldwin, G.L., Cpl
Ballard, J., Private
Barker, L.E.R., Private
Barrett, R.J., Sgt
Barron, H.A., Private
Beadle, W. R., Private
Bebault, D.E., Private
Bell, Everett, Private H56362
Bell, W. Private
Beuote, , F.J., Private
Bliss, G., Private
Bolton, J.F., Private
Bolzan, Tony A., Private H56282
Boon, F., Private
Booth, John Private
Bourgeois, E., Private
Brow, L., Private
Cameron, H. A., Private
Campbell, E.S., Private
Campbell, J.D., Private
Carpenter, V.H., Private
Clain, O.B., Private
Clark, E.J., Private
Corrigan, J.A., Private
Cousineau, Jerome, Private
Cousineau, Virgil,
Crawley, G., Private
Croome, R.W., Private
Crowe, D.W., Private
Cummings, G., Sgt
Daley, Joseph Edward, Private L50053
Delahey, George W., Lieut
Desrosier, A.A., Private
Dobbs, I.M., Private
Dobie, J.L., Private
Donnelly, E.R., Private
Dudar, W., Private
Dziadyk, M. N., Private
Easton, S.J., Private
Englund, N.F., Private
Evers, J.F., Private
Fagerdahl, I. O., Private
Fairfield, G., Private
Fedorchuk, A., Private
Ferguson, K.P., Private
Ferguson, S. P., Private
Fisher, R.G., Private
Flamand, N.S., Private
Forrest, L.R., Private
Fowler, Stewart James Sgt
Frenette, A., Private
Frisky, H., Private
Fowler, S.J., Sgt
Fults, Edward A., Private
Galbraith, N., CSM
Gebhart, J., Private
Goldamer, Charles Adolph, Private
Golec, S., Private
Graydon, R.T., Private
Green, Everett, Private
Haglund, Harold F., Private
Hampshire, A.N., Private
Harnett, S.R.J. Private
Harris, Donald Alexander, Private H56207
Hayward, Ted F., Private
Henry, R.E., Private
Herbert, J.W.J., Cpl
Hill, D.J., Private
Hill, R.A.L., Private
Hinnen, R., Private
Holmes, H., QMS
Holmes, Ray S., Major
Holmstrup, C., Sgt
Hooper, W.A. Lieut
Hotvedt, H.A., Private
Howat, John C., Private L50115
Jarvis, C.L., Private
Jebb, R., Private
Johnson, C.O., Private
Johnson, H.W., Private
Johnson, L., Private
Jolicoeur, J.C., Private
Keane, Joseph, Major
Kelly, T., L Cpl Private
Kenneally, J.L., Lieut
Kesick, Fraser, Private
Kidley, F. J., Private
Kirk, E.J., Sgt
Kroft, L., Private
Kuss, S., Private
Labbe, H.J., Private
Laesch, P.E., Private
Landry, Oscar L., Private H56371
Landry, P., Private
Law, A.L., Sgt
Lawrenson, H.J., Private
Leeson, Delmar J., Cpl H56201
Leeson, Frank J., Private H56208
Legeard, Peter, Private
Lemay, G., Private
Lindholm, B.S., Private
Lively, E.C., Sgt
Lloyd, R.J., Private
Lockman, E., Private
Lookabill, G.T., Private
Lowen, E., Private
Luoma, M.A. Private
Macklen, E., Private
Magnusson, Colin Peter, Private
Maneer, A.W., Private
Markham, Philip, Private
Marsh, D.M., Cpl
Martinson, Joe, Cpl
McArthur, M. C., Private
McArthur, W.L., Private
McAuley, H.S., Private
McClendon, Archie D., Private
McCormick, RobinS., L/Cpl
McEvoy, D.A., Sgt
McFarland, Claude Oliver, Private H56223
McFayden, M. C., Private
McFayden, N.S., Private
McFee, E.Donald, Private
McGarry, C.J. Private
McHarg, D., Private
McKay, F.J., Sgt
McLeod, Thomas J, Sergeant
McLeod, Thomas J, Private H56292
McMillan, Peter G. Private H56399
McRae, R., Private
McSweeney, P., Private
McTaggart, Roy, Cpt
Meissner, W., Private
Meyers, E.A., Cpl
Miller, C., Private
Moore, G., Private
Moran, G., Private
Moran, L. A., Private
Morgan, F., Private
Morin, M.P. Private
Morneau, Emile James, Private
Morrell, S.J., Private
Mulligan, A.C., Private
Nelson, G.A., LCpl
Nelson, L., Private
Newman, H., Private
Norton, Walter E., Private
Notter, L., Private
Olson, E.L., Private
Oster, F.G., Sgt
Patterson, J., Private
Pattison, A.F., Private
Pederson, O., Private
Pelletier, Jack A., Private
Peloquin, E., Private
Peloquin, Emil Joseph Cpl
Perkins, M.S., Private
Perreault, C., Private
Pitchford, R., Private
Pitre, L., Private
Poirier, L.E., Private
Price, A. B., Private
Pott, Alphonse W., Private
Pott, Elof W., Private
Quimby, J.W., Private
Redman, L.V., Private
Reid, G., Private
Riz, A.W., Private
Robertson, E.T., Private
Robb, James, Private H56400
Robichaud, F., Private
Rodwell, G., Private
Rogozinski, J., Sgt
Rogozinski, M., Sgt
Rogozinski, Nicholas, Private H56307
Roper, L.B., LCpl
Ross, Donald Alexander., Sgt
Rottmark, M.G., Private
Roulston, G., Private
Roulston, V.W., Private
Rounds, A.M., Private
Roy, Albert E., Private
Ryan, H.P., Private
Savoie, J.A., Private
Searman, A.G., Private
Showalter, L.V., Private
Smith, Ralph Townsend, Private H56387
Smith, R., Private
Stevens, Murnie, Private
Stevens, T., LCpl
Storey, E., Private
Storey, W.R., Private
Suffredine, W., Private
Suikka, A., Private
Sutton, Frederick J. Private
Syemchyshem, M., Private
Tarala, H.T., Private
Taylor, H. L., Private
Tilson, J. E., Private
Totten, D., Private
Trenning, A., Private
Tremblay, C., Private
Turcotte, J.H., Private
Valiquette, R., Private
Van Norman, William R., Private L50194
Viger, S.J., Sgt
Walton, John Harry, Private
Waugh, Hunter M., Private
Wells, A.M., Private
Wellwood, G., Private
Weston, O., Private
Williams, E.F., Private
Wilson, R.W., Private
Wreggit., W E., Private
Wright, J.A., Lieut
Yeo, H.R., Private

Re: 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
From:
onniebelle,

I couldn't seem to get back to you
e-mail rj.gonefishing@shaw.ca
Bob

Re: 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 3 Sep 2012 2:36AM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: Leeson
Leeson, Frank J was my grandfather and Leeson, Delmar was his younger brother. Delmar once told my mother that he was a spy, but if his sense of humour was anything like my grandfathers, he was pulling her leg. He told her he was trained at a Spy School in Oshawa.

Re: 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 3 Sep 2012 6:33PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello
Thanks for the note
go to
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jmitchell/...
lots of work I put in there of the No. 17 Coy
my e-mail is
rj.gonefishing@shaw.ca
if you have extra photos, stories you would like to add of your grandfather and his brother
it would be my pleasure to put it in
Bob Briggs

Re: 17th Coy, Canadian Forestry Corp, WW2

Posted: 30 Jan 2015 7:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Landry
Hi there,

Oscar Leo Landry was my maternal grandfather. If you have any questions please feel free to message me.

Best wishes,

Tara Henton

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