Ron Hails, Dunkirk Medal
- Publication
- Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 10 Jan 1976
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- recipient of a French medal commemorating the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940 ; two Kenora men Frank Bowes, Doug Argent received medals also ; Hails, a stationery stores employee at Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital ; also received French Ceux de La Sonne, Belgian Veterans of Royal Albert medals ; served as member of Royal Artillery ; wounded at Dunkirk ; treated for spinal injury ; spent rest of war in Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Italy and North Africa ; reported missing in action ; taken prisoner of war in Tunis ; demobilized in 1946 ; moved to Canada in 1954 ; joined militia ; photo
- Notes
- Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Hails, Ron
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 10 Jan 1976
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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- Contact
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