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Military service
Service number:
R/267154
Age:
19
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
November 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 11. A. 22-24.
Additional information
From Coutts, Alberta
Digital gallery of Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
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Photo of Neil Lauretz Smith
Neil Lauretz Smith (1926-1944). Son of H. Havelock & Venice Smith. -
Crash site
Crash site - Duren, Germany. Photo: Harry H. B. Smith (Brother). -
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany. -
Grave marker for Neil Lauretz Smith
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany. Grave Reference: Coll. grave 11. A. 22-24. -
Group Photo
Pilot; Ted Coles, Bombardier; Ralph Carrol, Navigator; Ken Farrow, Tail Gunner; Eb Leaman, Wireless; Ralph Schnaufer, Mid Upper Gunner; Neil Smith, Flight Engineer; David Orme is missing from photo -
Family gravemarker
Family memorial headstone at Archmount Cemetery Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada inscription reads... R.C.A.F. Air Gunner In Loving Memory Of SGT. NEIL LAURITZ SMITH Feb. 18, 1926 Nov. 16, 1944 Died in the service of His Country Over Duren, Germany -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith is 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 -
Memorial
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of NEIL LAURETZ SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NEIL LAURETZ SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NEIL LAURETZ SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NEIL LAURETZ SMITH
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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