Saskatchewan Birth Register
Frances Irene Oakes
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1918 @ Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Father: George Ambrose Oakes
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Coulson
page 20
Publication: Lethbridge Herald
Issue Date: June 15, 2004
Frances Irene was the third of seven children born to George Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Oakes.
During WWII she joined the RCAF and was stationed in Gander, Newfoundland. After the war she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics from McGill University in Montreal. While working as a dietician in Medicine Hat, AB she met and married Peter Andrew Hrynkiw.
Predeceased by her husband in 1971 she is mourned by her 2 daughters and their families.
NOTE:
Under Canadian Armed Forces rules and regulations Veterans must serve for 10 years, or more, to use "Rank Title" after discharge.
Leading aircraftman (LAC) or leading aircraftwoman (LACW) is a junior rank in some air forces. It sits between aircraftman and senior aircraftman, and has a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank badge is a horizontal two-bladed propeller.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was a non-combatant element of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which was active during the Second World War. The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.
The RCAF was the first branch of the Canadian armed services to actively recruit women
Frances Irene Oakes
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1918 @ Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Father: George Ambrose Oakes
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Coulson
page 20
Publication: Lethbridge Herald
Issue Date: June 15, 2004
Frances Irene was the third of seven children born to George Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Oakes.
During WWII she joined the RCAF and was stationed in Gander, Newfoundland. After the war she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics from McGill University in Montreal. While working as a dietician in Medicine Hat, AB she met and married Peter Andrew Hrynkiw.
Predeceased by her husband in 1971 she is mourned by her 2 daughters and their families.
NOTE:
Under Canadian Armed Forces rules and regulations Veterans must serve for 10 years, or more, to use "Rank Title" after discharge.
Leading aircraftman (LAC) or leading aircraftwoman (LACW) is a junior rank in some air forces. It sits between aircraftman and senior aircraftman, and has a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank badge is a horizontal two-bladed propeller.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was a non-combatant element of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which was active during the Second World War. The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.
The RCAF was the first branch of the Canadian armed services to actively recruit women
Saskatchewan Birth Register
Frances Irene Oakes
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1918 @ Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Father: George Ambrose Oakes
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Coulson
page 20
Publication: Lethbridge Herald
Issue Date: June 15, 2004
Frances Irene was the third of seven children born to George Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Oakes.
During WWII she joined the RCAF and was stationed in Gander, Newfoundland. After the war she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics from McGill University in Montreal. While working as a dietician in Medicine Hat, AB she met and married Peter Andrew Hrynkiw.
Predeceased by her husband in 1971 she is mourned by her 2 daughters and their families.
NOTE:
Under Canadian Armed Forces rules and regulations Veterans must serve for 10 years, or more, to use "Rank Title" after discharge.
Leading aircraftman (LAC) or leading aircraftwoman (LACW) is a junior rank in some air forces. It sits between aircraftman and senior aircraftman, and has a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank badge is a horizontal two-bladed propeller.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was a non-combatant element of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which was active during the Second World War. The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.
The RCAF was the first branch of the Canadian armed services to actively recruit women
Frances Irene Oakes
Birth Date: 1 Feb 1918 @ Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
Father: George Ambrose Oakes
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Coulson
page 20
Publication: Lethbridge Herald
Issue Date: June 15, 2004
Frances Irene was the third of seven children born to George Ambrose and Mary Elizabeth Oakes.
During WWII she joined the RCAF and was stationed in Gander, Newfoundland. After the war she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics from McGill University in Montreal. While working as a dietician in Medicine Hat, AB she met and married Peter Andrew Hrynkiw.
Predeceased by her husband in 1971 she is mourned by her 2 daughters and their families.
NOTE:
Under Canadian Armed Forces rules and regulations Veterans must serve for 10 years, or more, to use "Rank Title" after discharge.
Leading aircraftman (LAC) or leading aircraftwoman (LACW) is a junior rank in some air forces. It sits between aircraftman and senior aircraftman, and has a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank badge is a horizontal two-bladed propeller.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was a non-combatant element of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which was active during the Second World War. The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.
The RCAF was the first branch of the Canadian armed services to actively recruit women
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FRANCES IRENE
HRYNKIW (OAKES)
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RCAF
1918-2004
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