Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Albert Henry Causier and Florence Elizabeth Russell, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Albert was wounded in action during the Battle of the Somme, France, on September 15, 1916, while serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 487 days of service, including 149 overseas.
Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Russell George Causier
Image gallery
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Photo taken on his 19th Birthday Aug. 9, 1942. Just graduated as Sergeant Air Gunner RCAF Left for England 1 week later and was immediately assigned to the RAF as a rear air gunner on Wellington Bomber. Died Dec. 14, 1942 in air crash back in England.
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Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Russell George Causier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Russell George Causier is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flo, George (in back), Leona and Dolores (in front)
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George, Percy Russell, Lizzie Russell, Florence Russell. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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