JOSEPH REARDON- LT. 8th Princess Louise (N.B.) Hussars
The email that I received that was so interesting, and concerned a former military man of St. George, NB. Thank you Mr. Reitsma for the information on Lt. Joseph Reardon that may be of interest to descendants of this brave man.
<Dear Mrs. Beney
The
reason for these questions is a little bit of time pressure. We are looking
for a primary school, willing to adopt the monument at villa Laag Buurlo in
Thank you
in advance, kind regards,
Jelle
Reitsma
JOSEPH REARDON- LT. 8th Princess Louise (N.B.) Hussars
Reading the
The Saint Croix Courier: Journey Through Time edition Issue 4 of 6:
Good Times, Hard Times: 1926-1945 again, I wondered if there is a
family relation between Sgt. George K. Reardon, R.C.A.F. and Lt. Joseph W.
Reardon. Both men are from St. George and served in the Canadian forces
during World War II.
REARDON, Sergeant George Kenneth (R73037)
Sgt. George
K. Reardon, R.C.A.F. of St. George, received the British Empire Medal
for a valiant attempt to rescue a fellow member of the crew of a bomber
which was forced down at sea while returning from a raid on
REARDON, Sergeant George Kenneth (R73037) - British Empire Medal - No.149
Squadron - Award effective 26 December 1942 as per London Gazette dated 29
December 1942 and AFRO 232/43 dated 12 February 1943. Born in
Reardon,
Lieutenant Joseph Wallace
July 27, 1944
Lt. Joseph W.
Reardon, St. George, recently received his commission overseas. Went
overseas as Trooper with the 8th Princess Louise (N.B.) Hussars.
September 28,
1944
Cpl. Joseph
Wallace Reardon, St. George, Canadian Armoured Corps, promoted to Lt.
overseas.
April 26,
1945 should be: April 14, 1945
Lieut. Joseph
Wallace Reardon, St. George, Killed in action in
should be:
Killed in action in
I do think
that Trooper J.W. Reardon, Corporal J.W. Reardon, Joseph Reardon
on the war monument in St. George and Lieutenant J.W. Reardon are the same
person. He was killed April 14, 1945 in
Reply:
After our e-mail exchange I sent a request for information about J.W.
Reardon to the Library and Archives of Canada. This morning I received a
large envelope with copies of documentation from
J.W. Reardon’s personnel
file.
My assumption that
Trooper J.W. Reardon, 8th Princess Louise (N.B.) Hussars, Cpl. Joseph
Wallace Reardon and Lieut. Joseph Wallace Reardon, all from St. George, NB,
are the same person proved to be correct. Joseph Wallace Reardon was born
July 15th,
1912 and his parents were Paul Joseph Reardon (died March 19, 1932) and
Annie Josephine Reardon (they married June 30, 1904). That is in accordance
with your information. Apparently his
name is engraved in the tombstone as a remembrance of a son killed in action
overseas.
George Kenneth Reardon, sergeant RCAF, is his younger brother; there were
two sisters in the family, Mrs Albert Murray and Mrs Barry Sheehan. I don’t
know their Christian names.
Jelle Reitsma
Brigadier-general (retired) Royal Netherlands Army
Zwarte
Kijkerweg 25a
7313 GC
APELDOORN
The
Netherlands
e-mail: jreitsma@nov-officieren.nl