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Military service
Service number:
J/9586
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 29, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 4219.
Additional information
Son of Robert James Archer and Gertrude Mary Archer, of Phelpston, Ontario. Charles Douglas Haig Archer was the 10th of 13 children born to Robert James
and Gertrude Mary Archer. Charles and his four brothers served
overseas in WWII, he was the only one to lose his life.
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Photo of Charles Archer
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Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury -
Memorial
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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Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Flos Memorial
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Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Charles Douglas Haig Archer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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