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Military service
Service number:
R/78172
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#19 Operational Training Unit
Death:
September 12, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 60.
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth and William Tait Batchen of Roulea, Saskatchewan. His brother Sergeant Ronald Tait Batchen died on May 11, 1942 at age 21, while serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
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Photo of Alex Batchen
Alex Batchen training in Canada. Alex was the son of Elizabeth and William Batchen of Roulea, Saskatchewan. His brother Ronald died serving with the RAF. -
Family photo
Alexander George Batchen and Ronald Tait Batchen were brothers. Their father William Batchen came from Peebles, Scotland and married Elizabeth in the Prince Albert, Sask. district. Their mother Elizabeth (née Bushman) was my mother's (Patricia Pope née Bushman) sister. They moved to Rouleau, Sask., where he started a law practice. They had three children, the two brothers and a daughter Frances who became a concert pianist in New York, and they were all born in the Rouleau district. William and Elizabeth both died in the early 1930's. This picture shows the three Batchen children with their father. Alex is the older brother. -
Biography
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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