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Leaning, Bert
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Leaning, Bert
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Bert Leaning was born in 1895, died in 1955, buried in the Lytton Highway cemetery. He was a surveyor for the CPR railway from 1909 until he joined the armed forces [ca. 1918]. After the war, he worked for the Dept. of Highways and became general foreman for the Public Works Maintenance crew in Boston Bar, B.C.[ca 1940's]. Bert owned property and built a house in Lytton, at the end of Kent road. He sold this and bought property on George Road and built a house there [ca 1950s].
