Cpl Paul J. Dalton, CD1, SSM (with NATO bar)6 Oct 1959 -- 27 June 2003\n\nCpl Paul J. Dalton was born in Butlerville NL on Oct 6 of 1959. In 1979, he joined the Canadian Forces in St John\'s NL. After completing basic recruit training in Cornwallis, NS, he attended the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace and Ordinance Engineering (CFSAOE) at Borden, Ontario where he graduated as an aircraft Instrument Electrical (IE) Technician in 1980. His first posting was to CFB Chatham, NB with 416 AW (F) Sqn as a technician on the CF101 Voodoo. In the summer of 1985, he was offered the opportunity for an overseas posting to CFB Baden, Germany. He was offered this posting while on leave to his home town of Conception Harbour, NL. He readily cut his leave short to attend the new CF18 training at CFB Cold Lake. By the end of Aug 1985, Paul was enjoying good German beer and schnitzels at the local Gasthaus in Hugelsiem. After 4 years and the standard 10 lbs weight gain that comes with this overseas tour, Paul found himself posted to his home province of Newfoundland and CFB Gander. After a short stint in Gander, Paul was on the road to Comox, BC to see if the West coast spoke the same language as the East coast. After 4 years he was again posted back to the familiar territory of Gander, NL in 1996. On 1 April 2003 he returned to 416 Tactical Fighter Squadron in Cold Lake AB. He was extremely excited about this posting, as 416 Sqn was where Paul began a career that spanned 24 years.\n\nCpl Dalton was extremely dedicated to the CF, his unit, and his peers. He was always the first to volunteer regardless of the task at hand, and could always be relied upon to work as long as required to get the job done.\n\nPaul was an avid hockey fan who knew everything about the Boston Bruins and loved to watch them beat the Montreal Canadians. He wasa huge hockey card collector, and even cherished his Montreal Canadians cards. Paul always had time for pool and worked hard to improve his game. While in Gander, he was on a local pool team selected to attend the World Pool Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada where they did very well.\n\nPaul was a very easy going guy, always concerned about the well being of his friends, willing to lend a hand at any time. He will be greatly missed by the men and women of 416 TFS and all who had the privilege to know him.\n\n416 Tactical Fighter Squadron\nCold Lake, Alberta\nCanadian Forces\n(Excerpt Courier Newspaper Jul 2003) Bay, Conception, Dalton, Harbour, Memory, Newfoundland, Paul