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Military service
Service number:
J/12704
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
January 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. F. 2.
Additional information
Son of Walter J. and Mary Smith; husband of Elizabeth L. Smith, of Parry Sound, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
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Photo of Ed Smith
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of EDWARD WALTER SMITH
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Photo of Edward Walter Smith
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Record of Service
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Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Photo of Edward Walter Smith
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Walter Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 446 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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