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Military service
Service number:
J/5798
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
126 Sqdn.
Death:
October 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 4, Column 1.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Edward Wilson Wallace, D.D., and Rose Cullen Wallace; stepson of Velma H. Wallace, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (Toronto).
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
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Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of EDWARD WILSON WALLACE
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Edward Wilson Wallace
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 122 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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