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Military service
Service number:
J/45093
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
7 Sqdn.
Death:
October 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 250.
Additional information
Son of Enos William and Edna Beatrice Hart, of Toronto, Ontario. Lambton Co. High School, Gold Medallist, 1937; 1st Cl. Hons., University of Toronto, 1942.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
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Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM RAY HART
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM RAY HART
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1945. 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. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Ray Hart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 329 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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