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Military service
Service number:
R/84623
Age:
27
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 17, 1915
West Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
January 13, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
September 17, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. 22.
Additional information
Son of Nehemiah and Ruth Grant, of Clifton Royal, King's Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Observer William Seaman Grant
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Crash Report
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Crash Report (September 17, 1942)
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Crash Report (September 18, 1942)
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Crash Report (September 21, 1942)
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer William Seaman Grant is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer William Seaman Grant is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John Telegraph Journal c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
Digital gallery of
Observer William Seaman Grant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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