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Military service
Service number:
R/184327
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Death:
January 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. K. 19.
Additional information
Born 15 April 1924 in Matheson, Ontario. Son of Sydney and Mary Smith of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He enlisted on 13 October 1942 and stated he was single.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 6 November 1946.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Sydney James Smith
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Memorial
Sergeant Sydney James Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Sydney James Smith is 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 -
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Sydney James Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 447 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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