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Military service
Service number:
J/23404
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 28, 1922
Drumheller, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 29, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
March 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
25. E. 6.
Additional information
Son of James Robert Whigham and Maude Ethel (nee Oram) Teasdale, of Edmonton, Alberta. Twin brother of Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale, RCAF, killed in action 19 February 1945, and brother of James Frederick, Richard Robert and Kathleen Ellen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 31 March 1947.
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Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale is 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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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
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Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Thomas Leo Whigham Teasdale
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 459 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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