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Military service
Service number:
J/5470
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
March 9, 1916
Lachine, Québec
Enlistment:
September 5, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4.
Additional information
Son of Arthur H. and Ethel Parkinson, of Lachine, Province of Quebec, Canada. B.Sc. (McGill University, Montreal).
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
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Photo of Arthur Parkinson
Photo published in the November 2002 issue of the Aircrew Association, Highland Branch, by kind permision of Mr. R. A. Sewell de Gency. -
Press clipping
Members of the Halifax "B Baker" died in a plane crashed on November 20, 1942.(Aircrew Association, Highland Branch, November 2002) -
Press clipping 2
Memorial Service held at Skitten, near Wick, Scotland, on November 20, 2002. -
Group Photo
Group photo of Crew that flew together on a mission and their plane crashed on November 20, 1942. <P> From Left to Right in the Top Row: <BR> Pilot Officer G W Sewell de Gency (RAFVR) Flight Lieutenant A.R. Parkinson (RCAF) Flight Lieutenant A. E. Thomas (RAFVR) Pilot Officer A T H Haward (RAFVR)<P> From left to Right bottom row<BR> Flight Sergeant A. Buckton, (RAFVR) Flight Sergeant G M Edwards (RAFVR) Sergeant J Falconer (RAF) -
Photo of Arthur Parkinson
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers' -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Church
Dedicated "to the Glory and in grateful memory of those members of St. Paul's Anglican Church, 379 44e avenue, Lachine, QC who gave their lives 1939-1945: John Baker, John Gustafson, Robert Wooley, George Chalmers, Roland Parkinson". World War II memorial stained glass windows (1949) by Charles William Kelsey depict figures of the three branches of the armed forces, Navy, Army and Air Force. The windows are located in the northex area. -
Photo of Arthur Roland Parkinson
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson courtesy McGill University archives -
Press Clipping
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson obit Montreal Star Dec 4 1945 courtesy McGill University archives -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Roland Parkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 104 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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