Honouring Our Veterans: A DCDSB Community Tribute 2026

Honouring Our Veterans

Throughout November, the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) honours the more than 2.3 million Canadians who have served, and continue to serve, our country in times of war, conflict, and peace. On Indigenous Veterans Day on November 8 and Remembrance Day on November 11, we pay tribute to Indigenous Veterans, all who served in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, and those who have served Canada in the years since.

In honour of these commemorations, we invite members of the Durham Catholic learning community to share the name(s) of veterans, active service members, or military personnel whose service and sacrifice you will be remembering this November. These names will be displayed on the DCDSB website and on the digital sign outside the Catholic Education Centre (650 Rossland Rd. W., Oshawa) from November 8 to 12, 2026.

Please see below for the list of veterans, active service members, or military personnel whose service and sacrifice we will be remembering this November.

  • Ewan Douglas Abrahams - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Daniel Adamson - Royal Canadian Navy
  • Andrew Adamson
  • Jahmal Adamson
  • Trooper R.L. Appalsamy - Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
  • Andy Armstrong
  • Gunner Harold Lewis Armstrong - World War II
  • Private Albert Beauvais Sr. - World War I
  • Flight Sergeant Frank Bertsel McCollom - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • General Edgar Alexander Boyer - Royal Canadian Artillery, World War II
  • Corporal Stephan Frederick Bouzane
  • Vice Brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto - World War II
  • George Nathaniel Butterworth - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Private Edward Robert Butler - Queen's Own Rifles
  • Corporal John Caagbay
  • Signalman Allen Frederick Campbell - World War II
  • Francesco Capone - World War II
  • Chief Petty Officer First Class Art Cipryk - Royal Canadian Navy
  • Gunner John Lawrence Cleary - 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery/Canadian Garrison Artillery, World War I
  • Nurse Eleanor Cleary - World War I
  • Nurse Angeline Cleary - World War I
  • Nurse Lyde Cleary - World War I
  • Private A.J.  Cloutier - Royal Canadian Army, World War II
  • Stoker First Class John Connelly - Royal Canadian Navy
  • Chief Petty Officer Second Class Graeme Cook
  • Corporal Grant A. Cook
  • Robert E. Cowan
  • Cecil Crocco
  • George Thomas Crowe
  • Major Rev. Mike Dalton
  • Master Warrant Officer Philip Anthony Daniel - World War II
  • Jack Daubney Sr. - World War II
  • Harry George Deslauriers
  • Private Allan Isaac Doiron - World War I
  • Signalman Victor Doiron - World War II
  • Joseph Doucet
  • Staff Sergeant Douglas Dow - World War II
  • George Downes
  • Verdin Ducharme - World War II
  • William James Dullege
  • Christopher Eaton Sr. - World War I
  • Christopher Eaton Jr. - World War II
  • Leonard Eaton - Royal Canadian Navy, World War II
  • Ronald Eaton
  • Private Jeremy Egberts - Vehicle Technician, Canadian Armed Forces
  • Lance Corporal Robert Charles Faulkner - Second Reconnaissance Battalion, United States Marine Corps
  • Ernest Ferry - World War II
  • Paratrooper David Fiorito - World War II
  • Jean Fleming - Women's Royal Naval Service
  • Wallace Fleming
  • Warrant Officer Second Class Frank Foley - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Robert Gaudet
  • Devon Giroux
  • William (Bill) Glass
  • Sapper Sean David Greenfield - Combat Engineer, 2 CER
  • William Grieve - Canadian Infantry, World War I
  • Navigator Cyril Hammond - World War II
  • Doctor Milton Henderson - World War II
  • Corporal Murray Henderson - Royal Canadian Corps of Signal, World War II
  • Officer Margaret Kathleen Hedge - Nurse, Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Jack Jaw
  • Master Warrant Officer Alfred Jodoin - United Nations Peacekeeper
  • Kenneth Keys - World War II
  • Walter Labow - First Canadian Parachute Battalion
  • Sergeant Fred Charles Lailey - 20th Battalion, World War I
  • Chief Petty Office First Class Dan Lane - Royal Canadian Navy
  • Flying Officer Thomas William Leahy - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Richard LePage - World War II
  • Stanley R. Lewis - World War II
  • Yvonne Lewis - Women's Auxiliary Air Force, World War II
  • Private J. Hartwell Lowery - First Depot Battalion, East Ontario Regiment
  • James (Jamie) Lunnie
  • Anton Makovskis - World War II
  • Private Ashley J. Marcotte - 1 PPCLI Infantry, Afghanistan
  • Sergeant Myles C. Marcotte - Search and Rescue Technician, Afghanistan
  • Private John (Jack) Edward Marshall
  • Private Gunner Charles George Martin - World War II
  • Francis McVeigh
  • Leading Aircraftman Christopher McMullen - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Fire Captain Frank McCollom
  • Corporal Val McCollom
  • Wilfred Meehan - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Frank Meehan - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Stanton Meehan - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Carl Miller
  • Adrien Michaud - World War II
  • Kenneth Eugene Mitton - World War II
  • Herbert Moffat Pratt - World War II
  • George Morgan
  • Lieutenant Colonel George Murnyak
  • Sean Murphy
  • Major Sean Murray - Armoured Officer, Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Private Daniel Mulville
  • Sailor First Class Owen Mulville
  • Archibald Nicholas - Canadian Merchant Navy, World War II
  • Private Frank O'Brien
  • Flight Sergeant George O'Connor
  • Private James O'Neill II - Third Battalion, The Black Watch
  • Hugh Ormiston
  • John Partington - Korean War
  • Matthew Paradis - Active Duty, Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Private Samuel Parker - 74th Battalion, World War I
  • Sergeant Steve Peacock
  • Mikey Pearce - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • John Phillips
  • Aileen "Sunny" Phillips
  • Claude Pitre
  • Joseph Pocock - World War II
  • William Pocock - World War II
  • Warrant Officer Tyler M. Pongracz - 2 PPCLI Infantry, Afghanistan
  • Sergeant Jacques P. Prior
  • Gunner Wilson Price - World War II
  • Alyre Richard
  • Angus Rickert
  • Master Corporal Oskar Rimland - Active Duty
  • Corporal Brett Ritota - Afghanistan
  • Private George Clinton Rose - 155th Canadian Infantry, World War I
  • Pilot Kenneth George Ruggles - Royal Canadian Air Force, World War II
  • Michael J. Ruskay
  • Private Gordon H. Russell
  • Rheal Samson - World War II
  • Sergeant Ronald Scali
  • Gregory Scruton
  • Master Warrant Officer Greg Scruton - Afghanistan
  • Senior Seaman Shabesh Shanmuganathan
  • Corporal Christian Reyes
  • Angus Raynor - World War II
  • George Raynor - World War II
  • Corporal Spencer James Smirle
  • Radar Technician Albert Harold Smith - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Louise Ann Spry - Canadian Nursing Sisters, World War II
  • Oakley St. Pierre
  • John David Tait - The Black Watch, World War II
  • Allan Tangie - World War I * Indigenous Veteran *
  • Sergeant (NCO) Leon Taylor
  • Lieutenant Sarah Timmins - Active Duty, Royal Canadian Navy
  • Gordon Thompson - World War II
  • Joseph Vella
  • Onorio Vitti - World War II
  • Reginald Warren
  • Stanley Grant Watson - 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, World War II
  • Private Fred Walter Welham - 124th Battalion, World War I
  • Donald Williams - Korean War
  • Lieutenant Colonel Fred Wolanski - Afghanistan
  • Private Gordon Woodcock - World War II
  • Private First Class Arthur William Wright - Royal Canadian Army Active Service Force, World War II
  • Private First Class George Frederick Wright - Royal Canadian Navy
  • Private Stefan Wrobel
  • Gunner Douglas Young - Royal Canadian Army, World War I