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Military service
Service number:
J/23150
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
354 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 6, 1921
Carleton Place, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 23, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
May 7, 1944
Bay of Bengal, India
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 443.
Additional information
Son of Wilbert J. and Ethel
Agnes 'Annie' (nee Dunlop) Porterfield, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Mac, Margaret and Jean.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Burma 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 9 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
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Attestation paper
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Correspondence
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Photo of WILBERT ANDREW PORTERFIELD
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Wilbert Andrew Porterfield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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