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Military service
Service number:
R/69645
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
14 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 16, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 1, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 14, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 246.
Additional information
Son of William Duncan Campbell and Mabel Nellie Smith, of Toronto, Ontario. William Duncan served in France during the First World War with the 15th Battalion, CEF, service number 799028, and he was wounded in action at Vimy, on 10 April 1917; he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
William Robert served in Canada, in England, in Egypt and in Libya. He had 532 days of service, including 255 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
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Photo of William Robert Campbell
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. <P> Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. <P> Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. <P> Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Harbord Collegiate Institute
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. <P> 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
From the Toronto Star November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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