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Military service
Service number:
J/90916
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
432 Sqdn.
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 6. E. 3.
Additional information
Son of Robert Henry and Annie Ellen Rathwell, of Ironside, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
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Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT WILLIAM RATHWELL
His nickname was Sonny -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT WILLIAM RATHWELL
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Temporary Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper Notification -
Group photo
Air Squadron -
Biography
Page in book at the cemetery. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell 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 -
Service Book
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Identification
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT WILLIAM RATHWELL
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Robert William Rathwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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