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Military service
Service number:
R/104008
Age:
27
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
83 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 3, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
10. E. 13.
Additional information
Son of Neil R. McArthur, and of Ann E. McArthur, of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Photo of Leo Neil McArthur
From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> WO 2 Leo Neil McArthur, was killed on April 3, 1943, when Lancaster R5626, from No.83 Pathfinder Squadron, in which he was navigator, failed to return from a raid on Essen, Germany. He was buried in the Dusseldorf Military cemetery, but later, was re-buried in the Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LEO NEIL MCARTHUR
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of LEO NEIL MCARTHUR
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leo Neil McArthur
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 188 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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