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Showing posts with label Gilbert Malrait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilbert Malrait. Show all posts

2012-05-29

wings of memory : 2 Lt Gilbert Malrait Memorial

2 Lt Gilbert Malrait Memorial

Gilbert was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island on 07/07/1919.   His father Albert Malrait was from Ronse (Belgium) and his mother Anna Ellen Bradley was from Blackburn, England. Gilbert's father, Albert, emigrated to the U.S. on April 20, 1909 through Liverpool on the ship SS Ivernia.
On October 24,1940 he joined the army in Providence RI and was assigned to the medical service. His military serial number was 11011541.