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Military service
Service number:
J/9401
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
September 21, 1922
Cranbrook, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 13, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
February 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 281.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Thomas Elmer Kennedy and Anna Lorette Kennedy, of Southampton; husband of Pauline D. Kennedy, of Norwich.
Brother of Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Photo of William Elmer Kennedy
William's photo from LAC, Ottawa, Sept 2013 -
Photo of WILLIAM ELMER KENNEDY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Time February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Time February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NORWICH CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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