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Military service
Service number:
R/105098
Age:
26
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
March 22, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 16, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
January 26, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 15. Range 1. Plot 19.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Charles and Dora (nee Ellicott) Cornell, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Betty Dorothy (nee Ruddell) Cornell and father of Carl, Craig and Keith of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant Alfred Charles Cornell
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Photo of Alfred Cornell
Dad in front of a Harvard trainer on the day he received his wings. He was killed in a crash near Kingston when his Harvard went down near the Penitentary. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALFRED CHARLES CORNELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Ceremony
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
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Letter of recommendation
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Our Lady of the Airways Chapel 337 Breadner Boulevard, Ottawa has a stained glass window dedicated to the members of RCAF Station Uplands who gave their lives in the Second World War. With input from various sources, so far there were 49 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Uplands.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alfred Charles Cornell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (ST. JOHN'S NORWAY) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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