June 13, 1940 (19th Parliament, 1st Session)

LIB

William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs; President of the Privy Council)

Liberal

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to inform hon. members that I have received word that the ashes of the remains of the late Minister of National Defence were brought back from Montreal to Ottawa at noon to-day and have been interred in the soldiers' plot at Beechwood cemetery. The burial took place in the presence of the family, the Reverend Stuart Ivison officiating.

Topic:   THE LATE HON. NORMAN ROGERS INTERMENT OF ASHES IN SOLDIERS' PLOT, BEECHWOOD CEMETERT, OTTAWA
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