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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.S. Saker
Death:
March 24, 1944
Waldoboro, Maine
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 33. Lot 618.
Additional information
Son of Roy A. Crysler and Anna G. Crysler, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sub-Lieutenant (A) Donald Norman Crysler
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Photo of Donald Norman Crysler
SubLieutenant(Pilot) Donald Norman Crysler born 16-07-23 Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto) -
Document
School Registration card for 017276 Sub-Lieutenant Crysler (RCN)with annotation. -
Document
Pension Commission description of incident causing Crysler's death. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Document (2)
RCN Casualty Report Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Certificate of Death
Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Certificate of Death (page 2)
Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Certificate (page 1)
Certificate of Service with Royal Navy pg 1 Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Certificate (page 2)
Certificate of Service with Royal Navy Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Father's Letter to the Navy Board with regards to mother's Silver Cross and IWGC information. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Document
Crysler's request for transferr to the Royal Canadian Navy. Source: Whitehouse via Library & Archives Canada -
Gravemarker
The simple marker of Donald Norman Crysler in Mt Pleasant Cemetery. It lies right at the roadside, beneath the family marker. Source: R.W.Whitehouse (2006) -
Family Gravemarker
The Crysler family marker above that of the son. It stands by the road in Mt, Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. Section 33 plot 618. Source: R.W.Whitehouse (2006) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 283 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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