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Military service
Service number:
J/16783
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
427 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 7, 1915
Buenos Aires
Enlistment:
March 27, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
June 23, 1943
Wittlaer-Bochum, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. B. 17.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Jefferson Cadmus and Sarah Amy (nee Morgan) Cadmus, of Reepham, Norfolk, England. Brother of Amy and Elsie.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 19th of September 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of George Austen Cadmus
in training days in the RCAF -
Photo of George Austen Cadmus
PO Cadmus with Wellington HE681 at RAF Croft, early 1943
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George Austen Cadmus
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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