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Military service
Service number:
R/106593
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
September 15, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
11. Grave 49.
Additional information
Son of William and Mary Breckenridge Cooper, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Compt.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
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Cooper, Arthur Douglas - Flight Sergeant. Born 6th May, 1921, at Winnipeg. Educated at Connaught School, Regina; Caswell School, Saskatoon, and Nanaimo High School Entered the service of the Bank 1st August, 1939. Served at Nanaimo, B.C., and Powell Street (Vancouver). Enlisted 17th May, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Flight Sergeant in September, 1942. Trained at Brandon, Man., Saskatoon, Sask., Edmonton, Alta. and Boundary Bay, B.C. Graduated from McLeod, Alta. Overseas in 1942. Killed on active service in September, 1942. Buried in Cottesmore Cemetery, Rutlandshire, England. (Flight Sergeant Cooper was a nephew of Mr. J. B. Smith, formerly Manager of the Securities Department of the Bank, Toronto branch.) <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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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 Arthur Douglas Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ARTHUR DOUGLAS COOPER
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Letter of recommendation
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Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Arthur Douglas Cooper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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COTTESMORE (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD EXTN Rutland, United Kingdom
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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