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Military service
Service number:
J/15812
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
October 10, 1921
East Angus, Québec
Enlistment:
July 24, 1940
Thetford Mines, Québec
Death:
July 11, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. B. 12-14.
Additional information
Son of Robert Westgate and Marion Ward of East Angus, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
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Memorial inscription
Pilot Officer ROBERT JOHN WESTGATE is comemmorated on a memorial erected in Confederation Park in Ottawa, Ontario by the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen’s Association in Canada in memory of the Canadian Airmen who fell over Poland while flying support missions during World War II. -
Dedication Panel
Upper and Lower Dedications -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, July 17, 1942 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, November 8, 1942 -
Photo of Robert John Westgate
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate 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 -
Memorial
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial, Confederation Park, Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert John Westgate
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 123 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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