Samuel Drover


Reg. #116
Name: Samuel Drover
Date of Birth: Nov 4, 1911
Location at Birth: Hodge's Cove, Newfoundland
Status: Deceased
Date of Passing: Jun 20, 2005
Location at Passing:

Ranger Force Career

Regimental Number: 116
Date Enlisted: Jun 14, 1942
Date Discharged: Apr 28, 1949
Length of Service: 6 years 11 months

Posting History

Detachment Start Date End Date
Port aux Basques Detachment Aug 1942 Aug 1943
Lamaline Detachment Aug 1943
Kilbride Headquarters May 1, 1949
La Scie Detachment Apr 30, 1949
Meadows Detachment

Rank History

Rank Start Y-M-D End Y-M-D
Ranger 1st Class 1942 Dec 4 1944 Jul 31
Ranger 3rd Class 1942 Jun 14
Corporal 1944 Aug 1

Beyond the Ranger Force

Occupation History

Teacher, pre-Ranger Force.
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, four years, pre-Ranger Force.
MHA White Bay district, 1949-1956.
Teacher.
Private business in Hodge’s Cove.


From the Library

Monthly Conditions, Lamaline, 1946-01
Author Drover, S.
Date Published Feb. 8, 1946
Attribution The Rooms Provincial Archives, GN 38/S2-5-2/Folder 24 Lamaline
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