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Military service
Service number:
J/6167
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sdn. Sqdn
Birth:
December 2, 1919
Carlisle, Cumberland, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 21, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 30, 1942
Argenteuil, Île-de-France, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Coll. grave 19-20.
Additional information
Son of Stanley and Alice Cavaghan, of St. James, Manitoba.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Eric Cavaghan
Eric was born in Carlisle, England in December of 1919, moving to Canada as a five year old on 18 August 1925. The family ran a butcher shop-grocery store in Winnipeg where Eric's father, Stanley had lived prior to joining the CEF in June 1915. Along with his brother and cousins Eric attended St James Collegiate in the Winnipeg suburb, afterwards beginning a career with the Royal Bank. He was a motorcycle enthusiast participating in hill climbs and other events on his Triumph. Not surprisingly he opted to serve in the Air Force in WW II and became an RCAF pilot, qualifying for his wings December 1941. He was reputedly the first to fly the Wellington bomber. -
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan 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 -
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Photo of Eric Graham Cavaghan
Eric Graham Cavaghan RCAF, 419 Sqdn Service #J/6167
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Eric Graham Cavaghan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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