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Military service
Service number:
J/89129
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
407 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 24, 1923
Mansfield, Dufferin, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 16, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1944
Biscay Bay, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 249.
Additional information
Son of William C. and Margaret J. Cauthers, of Mansfield, Ontario.
Served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 918 days of service, including 367 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
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Photo of WILLIAM AUSTIN CAUTHERS
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Photo of WILLIAM AUSTIN CAUTHERS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Austin Cauthers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Austin Cauthers
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Austin Cauthers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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