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Military service
Service number:
R/64240
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 7, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 59.
Additional information
Son of William and Ann S. Strachan, of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Entrance
Cemetery Entrance -
Grave Marker
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Grave Marker
Picture of W.A. Strachan's grave, the headstone, made june 16th 2015, at the Vredenhof Cemetery, Schiermonnikoog, The Netherlands. Thank you Canada and we shall never forget. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cemetery with Cross of Sacrifice -
Grave Marker
Close up of grave marker -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Hamilton Spectator, October 11, 1945 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, December 16, 1941 -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER STRACHAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
view of cemetery, WWII portion -
Grave Marker
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Cemetery
view of cemetery -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of William Alexander Strachan
In Memory of the men from Norfolk County who gave their lives in World War II.<P> Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William Alexander Strachan
SCHIERMONNIKOOG (VREDENHOF) CEMETERY Netherlands
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