260.jpg "Portrait of Flight – Lieutenant Wilfred Lloyd Cantor of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in his Canadian Military uniform during the Second World War, ca. 1941<br>Canadian Jews in World War II, Part I: Decorations. Montreal: Canadian Jewish Congress, 1947, p. 57.")
Military Service
A memorial plaque placed by Hadassah in the Beth Israel Synagogue lists the names of the Jewish men from Peterborough who served in the military. Two died while serving. Sgt-Instructor Samuel Rogow, son of Benjamin and Mary Rogow, was killed in a plane accident near Trois Rivières, Québec, three months after earning his wings as a flying instructor.
Wilfred Cantor was with the Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. After returning to Peterborough, he joined the Israeli Air Force and died during the fight for Israel’s independence. The Peterborough Hadassah chapter donated a scholarship in Cantor’s memory to the Hebrew University. Coleman Florence also joined the Canadian Air Force but was discharged due to ill health and died soon after his discharge.
The other men listed as having served overseas include: Max Botnick; Louis Cherney; Frank Gishman, Dr. Norman Green and Ralph Rogow. Those who served in Canada were: Julius Abramson, Isadore Fine, Samuel Fine, Max Florence, Samuel Goldbach, Max Schwartz and Dr. Louis Zacks.
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