Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Allen Scott, R. C. A. F.

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Both his sons were killed in action: Donald Stewart Scott died at sea after the Canso aircraft he was flying in over northern seas near the Faroe Islands was shot down by a U-boat and the 8-man crew spent over 20 hours in one 4-man inflatable raft before being rescued. Donald died of cold and exhaustion and his body was consigned to the sea by the surviving members. His name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. Younger son Kenneth was a Leading Aircraftsman on a Dakota transport dropping supplies to the British Army in Burma. The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and before it crashed, at about a height of 100 ft., Kenneth was seen to jump and perished in the jungle. His final burial place is in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma).

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On his marriage license, William Allan Scott's occupation is given as farmer in Pakenham Tp. He married teacher Laura Essie Wilson of Fitzroy Tp. 26 Aug. 1920. When his sons enlisted in the RCAF, he was a mechanic with a garage in Pakenham, Ontario. Both his sons were killed in action: Donald Stewart Scott died at sea after the Canso aircraft he was flying in over northern seas near the Faroe Islands was shot down by a U-boat and the 8-man crew spent over 20 hours in one 4-man inflatable raft before being rescued. Donald died of cold and exhaustion and his body was consigned to the sea by the surviving members. His name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England. Younger son Kenneth was a Leading Aircraftsman on a Dakota transport dropping supplies to the British Army in Burma. The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and before it crashed, at about a height of 100 ft., Kenneth was seen to jump and perished in the jungle. His final burial place is in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma).

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?b?SCOTT, ?/b?William Allan - At Lanark Lodge, Perth, Ont., on Saturday, Sept. 19, 1970, William Allan Scott, beloved husband of the late Laura Essie Wilson, dear father of the late Donald and Kenneth Scott, in his 89th. year. Funeral service was held at the Kerry Funeral Home, 154 Elgin Street, Almonte, on Monday at 2 p.m. interment Pakenham United cemetery.

William married Laurie Essie Wilson in 1920. Laurie was born in 1895; died on 18 Jul 1968 in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pakenham Union Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Laura Essie Wilson was a 25-yr-old teacher when she married 38-yr-old William Allan Scott of Pakenham Tp, Lanark Co. She was the daughter of Thomas Young Wilson and his wife Mary Wesley Lowrie of Fitzroy Tp, Carleton, Co., Ont. Their only two sons were killed tragically in WW2:- F.Sgt. (Flight Engineer) Donald Stewart Scott was lost at sea in the area of the Faroe Islands when the Canso aircraft he was in was shot down by a German U-boat and the 8-man crew had to share the only surviving 4-man inflatable raft for over 20 hours. Donald died during the ordeal several hours before the survivors were rescued. The younger son, Kenneth, was a Leading Aircraftsman acting as a dropper on board a Dakota transport which was taking supplies to the British Army in Burma 12 January 1945. It was shot down by a Japanese fighter and Kenneth's final resting place is in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (Burma).

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?b?SCOTT, Laura Effie - ?/b?In hospital, Almonte, Ont., July 18, 1968, Laura Effie Wilson beloved wife of William Allan Scott, and dear mother of the late Donald an Kenneth; dear sister of W. Palmer Wilson, Pakenham; predeceased by sister Ethel (Mrs. G. H. Scott), and brother Stewart Wilson, in her 74th. year. Resting at the Kerry Funneral Home, 154 Elgin Street, Almonte, thence to St. Andrew's United Church, Pakenham, for serice on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment Pakenham Union Cemetery,

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Richard married Caroline McMunn in 1879. Caroline (daughter of John McMunn and Ann Walker) was born in 1854 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Dec 1919 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1919, Friday December 5, The Almonte Gazette, page 4
OBITUARY
Mrs. R. Scott.
A well known and highly respected resident of Cedar Hill passed away on Wednesday evening in the person of Caroline McMunn, wife of the late Richard Scott, after a few weeks' illness. Deceased who was the youngest daughter of the late John McMunn, was born at Cedar Hill about 65 years ago and there she spent all her life. About 40 years ago she was married to Mr. Scott who predeceased her about five years ago. This union was blessed by a family of one son and two daughters who survive Mrs Milton Lindsay and Mrs. John Lindsay, near Blakeney and Wm. Allan on the homestead. She is also survived by two brothers and one sister: John R. McMunn, Covington, Virginia, Wm. and Mrs. S. Pollock, of Almonte, to whom the sincere sympathy of many friends goes out to in their bereavement. The funeral takes place on Friday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from her late residence to Pakenham cemetery.

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Family letters tell that William and wife, Elizabeth Shaw are buried together in the Anglican cemetery. also that daughter, Eliza Jane Scott is buried in the same plot.

William married Elizabeth A. "Eliza" Ely. Elizabeth was born in 1814 in Ireland; died on 9 Sep 1886 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in St. Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Ann Walker. Ann was born in 1811 in County Sligo, Connacht Province, Ireland; died on 22 Jan 1888 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Pakenham, Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anne Walker
• Name: Rebecca
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