Corporal Charles Francis Rowe

Charles Francis Rowe was born at Chateauguay Basin, Quebec, on 8 October 1919. He completed Grade XI at the High School of Montreal at age 18 and worked as a ledger keeper, clerk and pay-write keeper before the war. After several months of NRMA training in 1941, he enlisted voluntarily in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Ottawa on 20 August 1941. He trained as an airframe mechanic and spent his wartime service in Canada, principally at No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, Quebec. He rose from Aircraftman Second Class to Corporal and was in charge of a crew flight for about two and a half years. He married Marjorie Mary Snow at Verdon, Quebec, on 25 September 1943. Rowe was discharged on 19 September 1945. After discharge he was considering bookkeeping or accountancy training, air-conditioning and refrigeration work, or clerical employment. He died at Kingston, Ontario, on 13 November 1993.

1919-10-08 — Born at Chateauguay Basin, Quebec.
1937 to 1939 — Worked as a clerk / ledger keeper / Montreal, Quebec.
1939 to 1941 — Continued clerical/ledger-keeping work / Montreal, Quebec.
1941-02-24 — Passed NRMA medical examination / Montreal, Quebec.
1941-04-17 — Began previous military training / Huntingdon, Quebec / Canadian Army Basic Training Centre No. 41.
1941-06-26 — Continued NRMA training / Petawawa, Ontario / Canadian Army Training Centre A2.
1941-08-19 — Struck off strength from NRMA training for purpose of enlisting in the RCAF / Petawawa, Ontario / Canadian Army Training Centre A2.
1941-08-20 — Enlisted voluntarily in the Royal Canadian Air Force as Aircraftman Second Class / Ottawa, Ontario / Royal Canadian Air Force.
1941-09-04 — Posted to Initial Training School / St. Thomas, Ontario / Royal Canadian Air Force.
1942-01-10 — Reclassified Aircraftman First Class / St. Thomas, Ontario / Royal Canadian Air Force.
1942-01-14 — Posted to No. 13 Service Flying Training School / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1942-02-23 to 1942-03-02 — Granted 7 days annual leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1942-03-16 to 1942-03-23 — Granted 7 days leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1942-04-01 — Reclassified Leading Aircraftman; airframe mechanic / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1942-07-06 to 1942-07-13 — Granted 7 days leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1942-09-28 to 1942-10-05 — Granted 7 days leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1943-07-17 — Appointed Acting Corporal (unpaid) / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1943-08-01 — Appointed Acting Corporal (paid); subsequently served in charge of a crew flight / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1943-09-25 — Married Marjorie Mary Snow with service permission / Verdon, Quebec / Royal Canadian Air Force.
1943-09-27 to 1943-10-10 — Granted 14 days leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1943-12-24 to 1943-12-28 — Granted Christmas leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1944-06-02 — Injured his left thumb in an accident while carrying out RCAF duty; the accident report records a contusion and laceration and states that he had failed to take necessary safety precautions while carrying out repairs to aircraft / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1944-08-24 to 1944-09-10 — Granted annual/travel leave / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1945-05-07 — Struck off strength No. 13 Service Flying Training School / St. Hubert, Quebec / No. 13 Service Flying Training School.
1945-05-08 — Taken on strength No. 3 Release Depot / Toronto, Ontario / No. 3 Release Depot.
1945-05-12 — Taken on strength No. 22 Service Repair Depot / Sea Island, British Columbia / No. 22 Service Repair Depot.
1945-08-13 — Posted from No. 22 Service Repair Depot to No. 2 Release Centre / Lachine, Quebec / No. 2 Release Centre.
1945-09-19 — Discharged on completion of a term of voluntary service during an emergency / Lachine, Quebec / No. 2 Release Centre.
1993-11-13 — Died at Kingston, Ontario.