Military service
Service number:
R/88389
Age:
25
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
287 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 20, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
34. G. 3.
Additional information
Son of Benjamin and Esther Bates of Bateston, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II William David Bates
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Photo of William David Bates
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Photo of William Bates
William in his uniform -
Photo of William David Bates
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Stephenville Monument
Monument found in Stephenville, Newfoundland commemorating those who served in the first and second world wars. -
Wartime Poster
This sign, found in a local legion, was being circulated in the province around the time that William was joining the Air Force.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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Page 134 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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