0 poppies laid on this site
In memory of:

Flying Officer William Crawford Campbell

Profile image
Poppy image

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 Ontario
Death: July 7, 1945 Chan Hills, Leiktho, Burma

Burial/memorial information

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
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.

Related media

Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page Download this page

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Myanmar

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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.

Did we miss something?

Contribute information to this commemorative page

Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.

Send us your images
Submit a correction
Date modified: