Military service
Service number:
R/258551
Age:
19
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
30 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Birth:
April 22, 1925
Albert, Manitoba
Enlistment:
May 27, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B. Row D. Grave 19.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Effie (Nee McLean) Mitchell, of Brandon, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
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Photo of GEORGE WILLSTON MITCHELL
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Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Newly promoted to Sergeant, simultaneously receiving his Air Gunner's insignia, at No. 10 Bombing & Gunnery School in Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island on 14 January 1944. -
Photo of George Mitchell
George(Geordie)Mitchell c1943 -
Service book
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Photo of GEORGE WILLSTON MITCHELL
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Notification of death
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Memorial
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell 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 -
Memorial
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Final resting place Sgt GW Mitchell RCAF
Sgt Mitchell's tomb stone, Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Sec. B. Row D. Grave 19. United Kingdom. (Photo courtesy of The Bald Icon) -
Grave marker
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Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
Digital gallery of
Sergeant George Willston Mitchell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 395 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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