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Military service
Service number:
J/22910
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 19, 1918
St. Marys, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 24, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 29, 1944
Ruhr Valley, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 247.
Additional information
Son of William and Olive McDonald of St. Marys, Ontario. Flying Officer McDonald is commemorated on a bronze plaque on the Cenotaph located in St. Marys, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
St Marys Cenotaph
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St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque
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Photo of William Earl McDonald
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald 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 -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Earl McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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