Corporal Douglas Hugh Fields

1933 - 1968  (34 years)

• Name	Douglas Hugh Fields
  Prefix	Corporal
  Born	14 Oct 1933	, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-203270
  Died	8 May 1968	Petawawa, Renfrew County, Ontario   [1]
  Buried	Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I203270	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Eileen Murphy,   b. 26 Aug 1936, , Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1989, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Children	1. Fred Fields   2. Tina Fields   3. Tammie Fields
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F56902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-- Military Service:- Rank: Corporal Service Number: SF 8513 Age: 34 Force: Canadian Army Unit: The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, 2 Airborne Signal Squadron Citation: United Nations Emergency Force Medal Additional Information:- Born in Canning, Kings County, Nova Scotia. Date and Place of Enlistment: March 31, 1953 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Douglas Patterson and Jessie Glenora Fields of Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada. Brother of Arthur, Maynard, Lewis, Mary, Ellen, Jane and Gracie. Husband of Eileen Ethel (nee Murphy) Fields and father of Wendall, Frederick, Tina, Steven and Tammy of Petawawa, Ontario. A Commemorative Ceremony was held at Wegner Point on 11 May 2008 to honour the seven fallen paratroopers who drowned in 1968 during a parachute drop exercise at CFB Petawawa. Close to 100 guests, most in uniform, attended the Ceremony gathered around the Memorial Cairn. Several family members of the deceased were present for the Ceremony. Commemorated on Page 142 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance. The seven Canadians who perished on that day were:- Corporal Bruce Nathan Chiswell Corporal Dennis Winston Clements Corporal Douglas Hugh Fields Corporal Robert John Gordon Knight Warrant Officer Michael Patrick McDonnell Corporal Paul James Misener Master Warrant Officer Reginald Gordon Riddell

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113275153/douglas-hugh-fields.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1933 - , Nova Scotia, Canada Died - 8 May 1968 - Petawawa, Renfrew County, Ontario Buried - - Maplewood Cemetery, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth