B134432 Rifleman Leslie Donald McEachern was born on 25 December 1918 in Bracebridge, Ontario, the son of Donald Archibald McEachern and Mildred Stella Norton.  He had one younger brother Murray.

He married Dorothy Ann Findlay before his enlistment.

McEachern was working as a lumberman when he enlisted with the Canadian Infantry on 19 October 1942 having served in the Algonquin Regiment in North Bay since January 1940. He trained in Simcoe and Camp Borden before arriving in the United Kingdom on 4 April 1943 and was assigned to a reinforcement unit. He was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles in June 1943 and continued his training with them.

Rifleman McEachern landed on Juno Beach with D Company on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was initially reported missing but later confirmed killed in action during the battle for Le Mesnil Patry, on 11 June 1944, aged 25.

He is buried in Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference III. D. 1.

He is also commemorated on a family marker in Paint Lake Cemetery, Dorset, Ontario.