Leonard Joseph Birchall (1915 - 2004)

Born 6 Jul 1915 in St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Dorothy Sinclair Harrington (Logan) Birchall — married 7 Feb 1940 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 10 Sep 2004 at age 89 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Leonard Birchall is Notable.

Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War

Leonard, son of Joseph Birchall, was born on 6 July 1915 in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.^[1]

Dorothy and Leonard were married in 1940.^[2]

He passed away in 2004.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, Canada Births, 1832-1917", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: Registrations of Births and Stillbirths, 1869-1913; Reel: 263; Record Group: Rg 80-2, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 8838 #3314506 (accessed 14 April 2024), Leonard Joseph Birchall born on 6 Jul 1915, son of Joseph Birchall, in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.
2. ↑ "Newspapers.com", The Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) Wed, Feb 14, 1940, page 6, Newspapers Clip: 145379348 (accessed 14 April 2024)
3. ↑ Obituary: "Newspapers.com", The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) Mon, Sep 13, 2004, page 39, Newspapers Clip: 145374977 (accessed 14 April 2024)

See Also:

• Wikipedia Leonard Birchall
• Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #78243420 (accessed 14 April 2024), Memorial page for A/Cdr Leonard Joseph Birchall (6 Jul 1915-10 Sep 2004), citing Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada.