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Military service
Service number:
R/56779
Age:
41
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
June 25, 1900
Boissevain, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 29, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
January 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 1818.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Ruth E. Bate, of Oakville. Husband of Mable Bate, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Thomas Bate
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Group Photo
This picture was taken on the day of the crash of their Lockheed 10A near Macgregor, Manitoba with 7 fatalities. Member of the crew were No.3 L.A.C. Thomas Cecil Bate (RCAF) R/56779, No.6 Flt/Lft William John Dyson (RCAF) C/2002, No. 8 F/Off John Henry Thrift (RCAF) C/7258, No.9 Sgt William Frederick Field (RCAF) R/50819. Sgt Arthur Reginald Read Lane(Aux/RAF) No.1 in the photo. The other two fatalities were Sgt Harold William Holland (RAF) No.2 in the photo and Flt Sgt John Leslie Clark (RAF) No.10 in the photo. -
Grave marker
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Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Thomas Cecil Bate
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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