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Military service
Service number:
R/186020
Age:
35
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
218 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
September 24, 1909
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 10, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
January 1, 1945
Namur, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. D. 16.
Additional information
Son of Hugh and late Margaret (nee Cumming) Clements of West Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Thomas, Marion, Martha, Walter and half brother of James, Mrs. A. Gardner and Mrs. A. Taylor.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 25 November 1946.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Hugh Clements
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 504 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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