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Military service
Service number:
C/2409
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
September 10, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Myrtle Plot. Lot 109.
Additional information
Son of Robert Clarence and Helen Swanson, of Long Beach; husband of Beatrice Arlene Swanson, of Long Beach. Myrtle
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Funeral
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Cemetery
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Rufus Swanson
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