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Military service
Service number:
R/118882
Age:
22
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
422 Sqdn.
Death:
December 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 108.
Additional information
Son of William and Isabella McLaughlin Allan, of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
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Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article announcing Williams safe arrival overseas, photograph, and his personal information. William was the youngest Son of William Allan and Isabella McLaughlin and Grandson of James Allan and Helen Inglis Baird of Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article reporting William as missing and presumed killed. -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper article reporting William as killed in service and recounts the accident that claimed his life. -
Family Headstone
William is buried at sea and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial at Egham, UK. His family has honoured his name and sacrifice on the family plot located at Maplewood Cemetery near Varney, Ontario. -
War Memorial
This Cenotaph is located in the Town of Durham, Ontario. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Allan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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