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World War 1

Charles Aubrey Rounsefell

born on the 19th of April in 1870 to John and Margaret (deWolf) Rounsefell. Aubrey, as he was known, was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, but his family moved to England while he was still a toddler.

By the time Aubrey was twelve, his family had moved back to Canada, living for a while in Manitoba, and finally settling in British Columbia.

In his early twenties, he worked with his older brother, Frank, at Ross & Ceperley in Vancouver. He also clerked for the Rand Brothers, and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

In April of 1916, at age 46, Aubrey joined the Royal Canadian Engineers (later part of the CEF). Aubrey signed his Attestation Papers on 22 June 1918. On the 23rd of September 1918, he received his orders at the No. 6 Engineering Depot, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Aubrey served as a "Sapper" in the Canadian Engineers. He died on the 5th of August, 1921, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age 51, and was buried at Dartmouth (Christ Church) Cemetery, Nova Scotia.

[Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial]

Eric deWolf Rounsefell

a nephew of Aubrey, was born on the 14th of November, 1898 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The only son of Francis "Frank" William and Elizabeth deWolf (Vaughan) Rounsefell, Eric grew up in the bustle of Vancouver.

Eric was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 36th Ulster Division, Leinster Regiment, the Prince of Wales' Royal Canadians, of the British Empire Forces. He received the Military Cross.

On the 3rd of September, 1918, Eric was killed somewhere in France.

He is commemorated at Nieuwkerke Churchyard, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium X.I. and is listed in the Canadian World War I Book of Remembrance.

[Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial]

[World War I Book of Remembrance] Index for 1918 Chapter

World War 2

John Vaughan Rounsefell, Jr.

Eric's first cousin, John, was born 2 October 1918 in San Francisco, California. His father was from Vancouver, British Columbia, and his family soon returned to Canada. In 1940 John enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later transferred to the Royal Air Force.

On the 9th of May, 1942 Flight Sergeant Rounsefell was ferrying fighter planes for the RAF from Gibraltar to Malta, a distance of 1,000 miles, at the height of the enemy air blitz on the Mediterranean fortress. He never arrived.

By December of that same year, he was declared "Missing" and in August 1943 was officially presumed dead.

Flight Sergeant John V. Rounsefell, Jr. is remembered with honor at the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England and is listed in the Canadian World War II Book of Remembrance.

[Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial]

[World War II Book of Remembrance] Index for 1942 Chapter

While other members of the Rounsefell family served in one or both wars, these are a few who paid the supreme sacrifice and should never be forgotten.

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