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Military service
Service number:
R/68206
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
12 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Birth:
September 2, 1919
Woodstock, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 22, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
October 11, 1941
Haamstede, Zélande, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of George Childs and Johanna Collins.
He was an Army Cadet and left the corps an Officer.
He served in Canada and Britain. He had 445 days of service, 188 of which were overseas. His W-5379 Wellington Bomber was shot down during an air raid over Cologne, Germany.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs
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Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs 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
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alfred Joseph Childs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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