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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
Cause of Death Not Yet Known Suddenly stricken while in a local theatre yesterday afternoon, Arnold Malcom Stober, 18 year old Montreal youth, dropped dead from causes which have not yet been determined. An autopsy was held by Medical Examiner Dr. F.V. Woodbury last evening, who announced that his examination was not completed and the report of his finding would not be made until today. Yesterday afternoon he was found lying dead in a wash room at the Orpheus Theatre, Barrington street, by one of the ushers. Police and the Medical Examiner were summoned and the remains removed to Snow's funeral parlors. the body will be forwarded to Montreal by train this afternoon. "My boy's one ambition was to get into the Royal Air Force, Mr. Stober, a Montreal merchant, said last night on being advised of his son's death. "When the war started," he said, "he went to England on a tramp steamer to become a flier on the other side, but they refused him and he had to come back. "Last April, he joined the navy, but he wanted to see more action so he transferred two months later to the active army, thinking he would get to England quicker that way. He wasn't very well, though, and his eyesight was bad, so he was discharged." Mr. Stober explained his son had been home since his discharge from the army, about three months ago, and the he had left on Saturday to attempt as second time to join the Royal Air Force. Born and educated in Montreal, young Stober would have been 18 years old in April. Besides his parents he is survived by one sister and a younger brother, both of Montreal. (Halifax Chronicle, Tuesday, 21 Jan 1941, Page 12 / Researched by George Newbury)
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