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Military service
Service number:
R/83930
Age:
22
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
December 19, 1918
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 9, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 7, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Naval and Mil. Plot. Sec. 1. Grave 338.
Additional information
Son of Francis and Hilda F. Geldard, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard
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Photo of Francis Douglas Geldard
In loving memory of my mother's brother Frances Douglas Geldard who died on in a training accident 2 weeks before receiving his wings in Moncton, N.B 7 Aug1941.<p> Two Anson's collided both pilots from Toronto killed. RIP -
Photo of Frances Douglas Geldard
LAC Frances Douglas Geldard 11 June 1941 Nova Scotia Flying School Fleet Finch # 4759 RCAF Log Book -
Photo of Francis Geldard
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. 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 -
Photo of FRANCIS DOUGLAS GELDARD
Doug Geldard at a very young age -
Photo of FRANCIS DOUGLAS GELDARD
Doug Geldard in Sunday Best -
Photo of Douglas Geldard
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Photo of Douglas Geldard
Doug as a child in Toronto -
Photos of Francis Douglas Geldard
Central Tech high school days just before enlistment -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
RCAF grave stone of my Uncle LAC Douglas Geldard
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Francis Douglas Geldard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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