Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of Arthur Edmund Shaw – Born in Victoria on January 6, 1919, was the son of Charles E. and Bertha Shaw who lived in Victoria Corner before moving to Hartland. He attended school in Hartland and was a graduate of Hartland High School and from Provincial Normal School in Fredericton the following year and accepted a school at Upper Waterville where he taught until June, 1940, when he resigned to join the R.C.A.F. Royal Canadian Air Force Sgt.-Observer Shaw, along with the pilot, Laren Keswick, were returning to England from a bombing raid in Germany during WW2, flying too low, hit a power line and crashed. They were buried in a private burial lot in Kent, England. At a memorial service, school classmates of the deceased, members of the Hartland branch of the Canadian Legion and No. 12 Platoon of the Carleton and York Regiment (RF) marched to the Hartland United Baptist Church in a body. Submitted with permission of Etta Haywood Faulkner Woodstock NB By Operation Picture Me.

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ARTHUR EDMUND SHAW – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of ARTHUR EDMUND SHAW – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Christmas Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Christmas Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me