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
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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