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Military service
Service number:
J/39896
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
436 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 5, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 3, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
July 7, 1945
Chan Hills, Leiktho, Burma
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 16A. H. 24-27.
Additional information
Son of William Roy Campbell and Hazel Noel Smith, of Hamilton, Ontario. Hazel, enlisted on 14 February 1916, served as a nursing sister at the Ontario Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, before serving in England during the First World War.
William Crawford served in Canada, in England and in Burma.
Additional citations
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Operational Wings.
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator July 19, 1945 -
Photo of William Crawford Campbell
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Crawford Campbell
Death certificate -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1945.......Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer William Crawford Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Crawford Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Crawford Campbell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Crawford Campbell
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Commemorated on:
Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is outside Yangon (formerly Rangoon, Burma), near the airport and immediately adjoining the village of Taukkyan. It is on PY1 road (formerly Prome Road), about 35 kilometres north of the city from which it is easily accessible.
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