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Military service
Service number:
J/20077
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
July 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 76.
Additional information
Son of Russel Ernest and Jean Green, of Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William John Russel Green
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Gravemarker
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Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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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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Flying Officer William John Russel Green is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer William John Russel Green is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper Clipping from Peterborough Examiner mentioning Pilot Officer Green's roots in the Havelock and Peterborough area. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer William John Russel Green
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 165 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DISHFORTH CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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