Military service
Service number:
R/103264
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
111 Sqdn.
Death:
April 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 1. Column 5.
Additional information
Son of Frank Leslie and Mary Etta Stapleton, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
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photo
From Vol. 4 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DOUGLAS LESLIE STAPLETON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
bio
From Vol. 4 of the Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Memorial
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Leslie Stapleton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 116 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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