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Military service
Service number:
R/124697
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
December 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 2. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of Duncan and of Alma Wagner (nee Nicholson), of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Grandson of Mrs. A. J. Nicholson, of Sydney.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Photo of Gerald Edward Wagner
From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> F/Sgt. Gerald Edward Wagner, age 19, was killed on December 20, 1942, when his 405 Squadron Wellington (W7768) crashed at Calbourne Low, Isle of Wight, while returning from a mine-laying operation off Brest. There were no survivors and F/Sgt. Wagner, and other crew members, including his skipper, WO2 Lloyd Snarr, of Moncton, N.B., are buried in the St. John Churchyard, Boldre, Hampshire, England. -
Grave Marker
Gravestone of Gerald Edward WAGNER at Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. -
Cemetery
Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. -
Cemetery
War graves at Boldre Church, Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom. -
Photo of GERALD EDWARD WAGNER
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 of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Diploma
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Gerald Wagner
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Gerald Edward Wagner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOLDRE (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD Hampshire, United Kingdom
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