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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/18361
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
February 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 4. E. 8-11.
Additional information
Son of Gordon Lindsay Smith and Edith Rae Smith, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
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Photo of William Smith
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH
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Document
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Correspondence
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Identification
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Service Book
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Attestation paper
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Photo of WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH
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Correspondence
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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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.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant William Robert Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 448 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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