W. Denis Whitaker

William Denis Whitaker CM DSO (2) DSC was born at Calgary Alberta, son of Guy S. Whitaker of Galt Ontario (ON) and Bertha (Moore) Whitaker of Peterborough ON. His father was an army major who was fortunate enough to return alive from WW1. Denis Whitaker was educated at University of Toronto Schools and from 1936 to 1937, at the Royal Military College (RMC), Kingston ON. From 1937 to 1939, prior to WW2, he was an assistant manager at the Stanley …