On Saturday, November 11, 2023, the RCAF Foundation held its 13th annual Remembrance Day ceremony from the steps of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Mausoleum, where Wing Commander William G. Barker VC is interred. W/C Barker, VC is Canada’s first leader of the RCAF and is still the most decorated officer in the British Commonwealth.

Thank you to all who attended and those who assisted in organizing the event. It was truly a memorable and moving Remembrance Day.

Speakers included:
Jeremy Diamond, CEO, RCAF Foundation
John Wright, HCol, Chief of Defence Staff Office and Chair, RCAF Foundation
Major-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, Deputy Commander of the RCAF
Chaplain Kaya, 16 Wing, Borden
Honorary Colonel Renee van Kessel, 16 Wing, Borden
Romi Barel from Hodgson Middle School, Toronto District School Board

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Royal Canadian Air Cadets
Piper Doug Swann

Trumpeter Rob Cuesta

A special thank you to Mount Pleasant Group for their caretaking of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.