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Military service
Service number:
J/89952
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row B. Grave 22.
Additional information
Son of John and Maude Arksey, of Langruth, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Walter Lynwood Arksey
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Photo of Walter Lynwood Arksey
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Viroflay Cemetery
On June 11, 1944, Walter Lynwood Arksey (Pilot Officer) was reported missing in action. His marker is at the Viroflay Cemetery in France just outside of Paris and south of the Versailles Palace. On Jan 22, 1947, he was posthumously awarded Operational Wings. (Posted by his Walter Murray Arksey - named after him.) -
Plaque
Langruth cenotaph plaque. Source: "We will remember" project online, government. -
Document
Related subjects Icelanders--Manitoba--Langruth (Region) Icelandic Canadians--Manitoba--Langruth (Region) Langruth (Man.)--History Manitoba--History, Local <P> A page from "Langruth Community, 1950 A Tribute to Soldiers and Pioneers of the Langruth District". Image located at OUR ROOTS/Nos Racines, University of Calgary and Laval's local histories digitization project.<P> From , Manitoba: Langruth Community, 1950 A Tribute to Soldiers and Pioneers of the Langruth District Langruth Community -
Photo of WALTER LYNWOOD ARKSEY
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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
Pilot Officer Walter Lynwood Arksey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Walter Lynwood Arksey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WALTER LYNWOOD ARKSEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Lynwood Arksey
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Lynwood Arksey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIROFLAY NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY Yvelines, France
Viroflay is a small town 4 kilometres east of Versailles. The cemetery is situated in the wood, south of the town, and about 880 metres from the church and town hall.
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