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Military service
Service number:
R/92088
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Death:
June 29, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of Herbert E. Mayer, and of Kate I. Mayer, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Photo of Harry Mayer
Mayer, Harry Edward - Flight Sergeant. Born 16th October, 1921, at Alberni, B.C. Educated at Warwick, Australia, and Simla, India. Entered the service of the Bank 20th September, 1939. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 6th February, 1941, from Powell St. (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in April, 1942; Flight Sergeant 20th March, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., Regina, Sask., Sea Island, B.C,, and Calgary, Alta, Overseas in October, 1941. Attached R.A.F. Served with Ferry Command in Middle East, Posted to North Africa in June, 1943, Reported 28th June, 1943 missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead March, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 188 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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