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Military service
Service number:
R/64786
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
March 25, 1922
Havelock, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 29, 1940
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
July 11, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. B. 12-14.
Additional information
Son of George Wesley Nickerson and Kathleen Marion Nickerson, of Anagance, King's Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
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Photo of Alden Ernest Nickerson
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant ALDEN ERNEST NICKERSON is comemmorated on a memorial erected in Confederation Park in Ottawa, Ontario by the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen’s Association in Canada in memory of the Canadian Airmen who fell over Poland while flying support missions during World War II. -
Dedication Panel
Upper and Lower Dedications -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, July 17, 1942 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, March 11, 1943 -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Biography
In 2011, the grade 11 Modern History students at Belleisle Regional High School continued to write biographies for soldiers from the local area who died during the First and Second World Wars. -
Photo of Alden Nickerson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sackville War Memorial. Sackville NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD) -
Memorial
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial, Confederation Park, Ottawa. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alden Ernest Nickerson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 102 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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