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Lt.
Col.
(Ret.) R.P.L. de Gobeo: Base
Commander at Rivers (1969 -71)
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Base Commander DeGobeo and Brandon's Mayor Magnacca
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Lt.
Col. (Ret.) R.P.L. de Gobeo with member of the Rivers Train Station
Restoration Committee.
The Rivers AirBase flag is in the background.
Lt.
Col. (Ret.) R.P.L. de Gobeo,qas born in Birmingham England. Roger was
attending Monmouth College, an extension of Oxford University when
England went to war. He joined the British army and was commissioned as
an officer in the Worcester Regiment - from there he joined the
parachute regiment and became a glider pilot and saw action in Europe
during WWII. In 1952 he moved the family to Canada, joined the 2nd
Battalion "Royal Canadian Regiment". In 1954 Roger was stationed in
Germany until 1955 when he was sent to Shilo and was officer in charge
of the parachute jump towers in Rivers. Roger was ordered to Korea
where the conflict was just wrapping up. Roger then returned to Canada
where he remained until he was sent to Vietnam in 1958 to aid the
international commission for supervision and control of Vietnam. He
spent time in both Hanoi and Saigon respectively. In 1960 when he
returned to Canada and was stationed in Halifax. Then from 1961 - 1963
Roger was stationed in London, Ontario. Roger was again returned to
Germany in 1964 and returned to
Ottawa in 1966. In 1968
Roger was sent to Cyprus where he was a peacekeeper with the United
Nations. In 1969 Roger was sent to be Base Commander at Rivers where he
presided over the closing of the Base in 1971.
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