REMEMBRANCE DAY: Langley’s community-based service honours veterans
11-11-2026 23:00 via Abbotsford News

REMEMBRANCE DAY: Langley’s community-based service honours veterans

Jack Airone moved from England to Canada in the lates 1940s for adventure even though he had just served during wartime.
The Second World War veteran, who is now 103, was a mechanic, he worked on all manner of aircraft such as Spitfires and Tiger Moths.
“I was in India, Burma,” he said. “It was five or six years.”
The Langley man has attended countless Remembrance Day ceremonies at various locations, but the ones at Murrayville Cemetery are special to him. It affords him a chance to visi
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