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Military service
Service number:
R/76563
Age:
21
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
199 Squadron
Birth:
November 6, 1921
Sunnynook, Alberta
Death:
February 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 180.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Jessie Switzer, of Sundre, Alberta. Brother of Clifford, Stanley, Myron, Laurence, Eva, Ruth and Clayton. He enjoyed hockey, baseball, football, rugby, swimming, played the occasional game of lacrosse and basketball. He also included building model planes as a hobby. He attended Strathcona High School during the school year 1937-38.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings posthumously awarded on 15 July 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification Badge
This ID bracelet was found October 2001 with a metal detector in Edmonton, Alberta. It was found in an old school field at 8 inches depth. -
Runnymede Memorial
Full Panel from Runnymede Memorial -
Runnymede Memorial
Front of Memorial June 2017 -
Photo of LEONARD JAMES SWITZER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LEONARD JAMES SWITZER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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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Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Leonard James Switzer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 218 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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