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Military service
Service number:
R/176589
Age:
27
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
514 (R.A.F.) Squadron (Nil Obstare Potest)
Death:
January 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. K. 1.
Additional information
Son of John H. Williston and Katherine MacLeod Williston, of Sydney, Nova Scotia. His brother David Archibald Williston had also served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on August 4, 1943.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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<p>Photo of Albert Williston
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Stained Glass Window
Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON -
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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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Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of ALBERT ALEXANDER WILLISTON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ALBERT ALEXANDER WILLISTON
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Albert Alexander Williston
Stained Glass Window – Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Albert Alexander Williston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 479 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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