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The Town of Stellarton was deeply
saddened this morning when it was learned that Sergeant
Pilot James William (Bill) Spinney R.C.A.F. son of
Conductor & Mrs J Spinney, Stellarton, had been
killed in action overseas on November 16. No further
details of the fatality have been received.
He was married to the
former Kathleen McLane of New Glasgow and has a nine
month old son, whom he has never seen.
Sergeant
Spinney enlisted in Stellarton with the 7th AA Battery at
the outbreak of the war and later transferred to the 1st
AA Battery. Anxious to become a flyer he again
transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force about two
years ago and after completing his training in Canada
went overseas where he arrived on December 23rd 1941. He
was a graduate of both Stellarton and New Glasgow High
Schools and served on the staff of Thompson &
Sutherland in Stellarton, a position he held when he
enlisted.
Bill Spinney
was the embodiment of all the finest principles of youth
and a fine gentleman in every sense of the word. He
leaves to mourn not only his family but a host of friends
throughout Pictou County, where he was well known. he is
survived by his wife and one son, his Father &
Mother, three brothers, Kenneth & Clarence of New
Glasgow, Donald in Toronto and two sisters, Evelyn (Mrs
Peter MacLennan) in Halifax and Mary, student nurse at
Victoria General Hospital, Halifax.
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