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Military service
Service number:
R/138123
Age:
32
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
July 6, 1911
Leith, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 15, 1941
Death:
August 18, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of George Bonar and Jessie Mary Candlish Bonar Ness. Brother of Private David Ness who died on May 8, 1918 while serving with the 1st Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and he is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial.
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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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Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial, Confederation Park, Ottawa. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Bonar Ness
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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