MacLEAN, Ralph WWII Flight Sergeant Ralph MacLean was born in 1920 in Nine Mile Creek to his parents Alex D. and Jeanette (Cook) MacLean. His siblings were: Francis, Jessie, Donald, and Harold. Ralph MacLean enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force at the start of World War II. Sergeant MacLean’s plane disappeared on December 15, 1942. The plane was never found. Ralph was 22 years old. His loss is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial (Column 42) located in the Kranji War Cemetery located 22 kilometers north of Singapore. Ralph MacLean’s sacrifice is recorded on Page 92 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower. The 194th R.A.F. squadron was formed at Lahore, Pakistan on October 14, 1942. The squadron was a transport unit equipped with Lockheed Hudson aircraft. The squadron maintained mail and passenger routes in India and Burma until 1943 when the squadron joined the airborne forces. Squadron supported Army operations in Asia by dropping supplies by parachute in drop zones which were usually small clearings in the jungle. In addition to the hazards of the jungle and the storms and diseases of the tropics, the crews often had to run a gauntlet of intense ground fire from Japanese positions close to their DZs or drop zones. Airmen died over the whole of southern and eastern Asia, as well as the surrounding seas and oceans. VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 19 / 75 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND MacLAINE, Hattie WWII Nursing Sister Hattie MacLaine was born in 1907, in Rice Point, to parents Wallace and Elizabeth (MacPhee) MacLaine. She graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1931 in Charlottetown and following graduation worked as a night supervisor at the PEI Hospital. When war was declared in 1939, Hattie volunteered and joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC). Following her military training, she sailed from Halifax in November 1941 with the 7th Canadian General Hospital, where she would remain until she returned to Canada in June 1945. Hattie served in England, France, Belgium and Germany. She would receive her promotion to Captain just prior to her release. Following the war, Hattie returned to civilian life and she was appointed Nurse in Charge of the Veterans Wing of the PEI Hospital where she continued until her retirement in 1973. Hattie would not live long to enjoy her retirement as she passed on in 1974.
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