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Military service
Service number:
R/85734
Age:
28
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
501 Sqdn.
Death:
June 4, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 106.
Additional information
Son of John Cox Strachan and Margaret M. Strachan, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
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Medal
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Medals
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Photo of BERT STRACHAN
Jack and Bert Strachan. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Other
Bert and Robert. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of BERT STRACHAN
Jack and Bert. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper (1)
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Attestation paper (2)
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Letter
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Photo of BERT STRACHAN
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Photo of BERT STRACHAN
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Photo of BERT STRACHAN
John and Marg and Jack and Bert. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Birth Certificate
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Letter of recommendation
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Evaluation
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter
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Document
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Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “FS B. STRACHAN R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 68 reads: “Sgt/ Pilot Bert STRACHAN RCAF, 501 Sqn RAF. Former student in Trinity College, 1939-40; Teachers’ Course, 1940. Missing, presumed dead, after air operation over the English Channel, 4 June 1942. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper’s Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.” -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Bert Strachan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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