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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
BENTLEY, John Douglas - son of Abram and Flora (McCarthy) Bentley of Otter Brook, was born in 1907. He joined the Royal Canadian Navy and served four years, mostly overseas, attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer. After the war, he lived in Mount Uniacke, NS and sold insurance. He was a founding member of the Mount Uniacke Volunteer Fire Department and served on both the East Hants Municipal Council and the East Hants School Board. In 1981, the school board named the J.D. Bentley Memorial Gymnasium at the Mount Uniacke School in his honour. He passed away in 1978. (Legion Book of Remembrance / Stewiacke Valley Historical Society)
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For Posterity's Sake 
