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Military service
Service number:
J/44519
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
358 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 23, 1922
Dilke, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
March 26, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 19, 1945
Sandoway, Myanmar
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 456.
Additional information
Son of William Eli Silverthorn, and Phoebe Laura(née McArthur) Silverthorn, of Dilke, Saskatchewan. Brother to Clara Spees(41) Vancouver, Margaret Gustafson (25)Dilke, Sask. Enjoyed Hockey and Bowling. Attended Kilke Pubica and Secondary School, University of British Columbia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Operational Wings awarded posthumously 19-03-1947
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
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Photo 2 of Allan Silverthorn
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RAF Liberator Plane
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Photo of Allan Silverthorn
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Photo of ALLAN MCARTHUR SILVERTHORN
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Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allan Mcarthur Silverthorn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 564 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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