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Military service
Service number:
J/35241
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
December 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 856.
Additional information
Son of Herbert Harry and Elizabeth Grey Butcher, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada; husband of Betty Eilene Butcher, of Brantford.
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Enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in June 1942, and upon graduation at Crumlin he was granted his commission. Immediately following this he went overseas in September 1943. Killed while on operation December 26, 1943. -
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Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Butcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Butcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Butcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Butcher
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John William Butcher
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Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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