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Military service
Service number:
R/68551
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
603 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 27, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 2 Row 2 Grave 34.
Additional information
Son of Robert Harvey Archibald and Susan Beattie Archibald, of Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, October 1, 1941 -
Photo of William Archibald
Submitted for the project: Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial marker to Flight Sergeant William James Archibald. Located in St. Jude's Cemetery, Oakville, Ontario. -
Inscription
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Oakville Book of Remembrance
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Oakville Remembers Biography
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 2)
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Oakville Remembers Biography (Page 3)
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1943, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William James Archibald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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