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Military service
Service number:
J/15415
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
21 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 8, 1915
Echota, New York
Enlistment:
July 22, 1942
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Death:
May 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. D. 32.
Additional information
Son of Frank E. Howard and Clara Donnelly. Foster-son of Robert George and Mary Ann (nee Jowett)Cornelius, of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 23 February 1945.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Niagara Falls Evening Review April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter Wallace Howard Cornelius
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 148 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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