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Military service
Service number:
R/72053
Age:
26
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 2, 1918
Keene, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 6, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 24, 1944
Neuleiningen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.
Additional information
Son of Robert Henry Campbell and Jane Ann Humphries, of Peterborough, Ontario. Robert Henry served in England during the First World War with the Railway Construction and Forestry Corps, CEF, service number 2161407.
William Howard served in Canada and England. He had 1,480 days of service, including 567 overseas.
Additional citations
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Howard Campbell
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Grave Marker
Grave marker - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM HOWARD CAMPBELL
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Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal William Howard Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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