Following the 40th Reunion in 2019, several members of the Class decided to organize an effort to try to locate members of the Class who we had lost touch with over the years for one reason or another, in anticipation of our Class’s entry in to the Old Brigade in the fall of 2024. As per Tom Keogh’s suggestion we are calling this Op Reconnect with the goal being to be as inclusive as possible, so we are looking for anyone with a College Number who attended any of the three military colleges at any time during our tenure.
This page consists of two parts:
PART 1 - Found and Reconnected - A list of those guys who have been located since late 2019; and
PART 2 - Still Searching - A list of those guys who we have not been able to contact. Should any of the guys on this list wish to reach out to the Class to provide your contact information, please do so! You can use the Contact Us feature on this website to do that. All names will be forwarded to the appropriate Flight Rep.
PART 1 - Found and Reconnected
As of 12 Apr 2024, we have been able to reconnect with the following Classmates (recent additions are in Bold):
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1 Sqn - Fraser Flight: (Rep: Marc de van der Schueren) - 12252 Dave Anderson; 12273 Tim Doucette; 12270 Kent Dahlgren; 12291 Pete Harrison; 12260 Cliff Bly; and 12283 Keith Gladstone
1 Sqn - Cartier Flight: (Rep: Doug Campbell) - 12250 Don Allan
2 Sqn - Champlain Flight: (Rep: Paul Madore) - 12318 Al Moens; and 12290 Rob Gundling
2 Sqn - Mackenzie Flight: (Rep: Richard Greenwood) - 12251 Jeff Allan; 12295 Jerry Horel; 12301 Keith Johnston; 12306 Ed Kutrowski; 12311 Chris Maki; and 12313 James Manson
3 Sqn - Hudson Flight: (Rep: Ian Yeates) - 12231 Brian Sharpe; 12321 Steve Nicol; 12329 Bill Schick; 12351 David Wiley; and 12354 Ron Wilzewski
3 Sqn - Lasalle Flight: (Rep: John Turnbull) - 12288 Tim Greenwood
4 Sqn - Vancouver (UTPM): (Rep: Larry Richardson) - M0130 Michel Guérard. Larry was separately in touch with Jim Hutton and Rick Touchette, but they have subsequently joined the TDV79ers eGroup
Steve Gasser (contacted us via the website)
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1 Sqn - Hudson Sqn - A Flight: (Rep: Marc Fraser) - 12167 Dan Eustace; and 12247 Jim Wishloff
2 Sqn - Lasalle - D Flight: (Rep: Dwight Davies) - 12215 Ed Beth; 12223 Nick Parker; and 12230 Mike Riley. Note that after Dwight reconnected with Nick and Mike, all of the recruits from 2 Sqn have now been located and all are members of the Class eGroup!
3 Sqn - Pontiac - G Flight: (Rep: Dave Mowat) - 12184 Ed Karkut, 12243 Bryon Target and 12224 Russ Parker
4 Sqn - Frontenac - K Flight: (Rep: Tom Keogh) - 12225 Ian Percy; 12161 Sandy Davidson; 12178 Donnie Hawco; and 12208 Chris McLean
5 Sqn - Brock - N Flight: (Rep: Gary Banks) - 12202 John Mackley; and 12226 Dave Pullan. Also, while 12178 Jim Kightley was a member of the Yahoo Group, we lost touch after he changed his e-mail address but have since reconnected with his new one.
6 Sqn - Brant - R Flight: (Rep: Pete Avis) - 12180 Wayne Hirlehey; 12235 Mike Snowden (located Mike but sadly found that he had passed away in 2017) and 12158 Mark Bowen. Although previously a member of the Yahoo Group, have resumed communication with 12227 Al Raymond.
7 Sqn - Wolfe - T Flight: (Rep: Rich Gimblett) - 12152 David Bannister, 12212 Bruce Mohr (located Bruce but sadly found out he has passed away 28 May 2023) and 12245 Marco Turinga
8 Sqn - Mackenzie - Y Flight: (Rep: Ross Lambert) - 12150 Larry Baba; 12184 Pete Isber; 12211 Steve McPherson and 12229 Ed Richmond
CMR (Rep: Jacques Gagné is separately co-ordinating the CMR Review)
6 Esc - Preston - 12036 - Dave Crawford
PART 2 - STILL SEARCHING!
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1 Sqn - Cartier Flight: 12253 SJ Angelo; 12257 Barry Bauhuis; 12261 DJ Benchley; 12267 PH Cavner; 12269 JH Crawford; 12272 Ted Dillenberg; 12274 Bill Drane; 12277 John Evans; 12279 Ian Ferguson; and 12282 Ron Giesman
1 Sqn - Fraser Flight: 12254 RK Arnott; and 12276 Larry Eger
2 Sqn - Champlain Flight: All Accounted For!!
2 Sqn - Mackenzie Flight: 12292 Ed Hatfield; 12308 Colin Lanki; and 12309 Duncan MacDonald
3 Sqn - Hudson Flight: 12297 Glenn Houston; 12334 Ray Silver; 12348 Terry Wheadon;
3 Sqn - Lasalle Flight: 12326 Jeff Pugh; 12325 Brian Pratt; 12328 Greg Robertshaw; 12330 John Schroeder; 12340 Ivan Smith; 12349 Rick Wierzbicki; and 12353 Paul Wilson
4 Sqn (UTPM) - Vancouver Flight: M131 Bill Hamstra; M0139 Ken Rozell; and M0141 Bob Wasney
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1 Sqn - Hudson - A Flight: 12145 Sid Allison; ; 12175 Jim Gordon; 12183 Dave Instance; 12191 Dave Langille; 12203 Dave Marshall; and 11213 John Moore
2 Sqn - Lasalle - D Flight: All Accounted For!
3 Sqn - Pontiac - G Flight: 12177 Dave Hall
4 Sqn - Frontenac - K Flight: All Accounted For!
5 Sqn - Brock - N Flight: 12234 Jeff Shannon
6 Sqn - Brant - R Flight: 12172 Doug Gillespie; 12197 Steve Lowe; 12210 Brian McNaughton; and 12217 Eric Murphy
7 Sqn - Wolfe - T Flight: 12159 Rich Bowes; 12189 Ed Kosierb; ; 12219 Gary Nayler; 12228 Kevin Reeves; and 12236 Dan St Louis
8 Sqn - Mackenzie - Y Flight: 12198 Pete Luciw; 12216 Steve Mozes; and 12246 George Wallace
9 Sqn (UTPM) - M46 Jacques Piche; M238 Fleming Hansen; M240 Gilles Lemay; M242 Wayne Farrell; M243 John Marchildon