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Flying Officer (Air Observer) Raymond William Wilsdon

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Military service

Service number: J/11243
Age: 24
Rank: Flying Officer (Air Observer)
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 39 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: August 2, 1918 Woodstock, Ontario
Death: March 12, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. G. 12.
Additional information
Son of Walter Beverley Wilsdon and Annie Winnifred Wilsdon, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 227 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CATANIA WAR CEMETERY Italy

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY lies on the coastal plain in the Contrada Bicocca about 7 kilometres south-west of Catania. From Catania Airport follow the Tangenziale (main road) towards the A19 (in the direction of Palermo). Before reaching the A19, the CATANIA WAR CEMETERY is signposted.

The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned.

The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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