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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
R/58432
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
227 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 6, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of William Joseph and Aida Edith Porritt, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave marker
Photo taken at Suda Bay Cemetery. My father, Réal Proulx, was an airman who was wounded in action. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM JEREMIAH PORRITT
Photoo from Iain MacFarlaine. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Jeremiah Porritt
SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY Greece
Suda Bay is on the northern coast of Crete, and SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY is at the north-western corner of the Bay, 5 kilometres east of Hania (or Khania) and 3 kilometres north of the Hania (or Khania) - Rethymnon - Heraklion road. The cemetery is in an olive grove and is well sign-posted from the main road.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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