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Military service
Service number:
J/35167
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
226 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 15, 1921
Tribune, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 3, 1943
MacLeod, Alberta
Death:
July 24, 1944
Over the English Channel
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 247.
Additional information
Son of Francis William and Annie Pattyson, of Regina, Saskatchewan. Brother of Mildred. He attended Slager Public School from 1928-1937 and Tribune High School from 1937-1938.
The province of Saskatchewan honoured Flying Officer Pattyson by naming Pattyson Lake northeast of Pasfield Lake.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 23 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Entrance
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LEONARD WILLIAM PATTYSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LEONARD WILLIAM PATTYSON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard William Pattyson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 413 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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