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Military service
Service number:
C/1747
Age:
32
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
April 17, 1908
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
September 22, 1939
Montreal, Québec
Death:
May 17, 1940
Grafton, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 1. Row 1. Plot 634.
Additional information
Son of George Elmer Auld and Margaret Ann Auld. Brother of F. Clyde Auld, of Toronto, Ontario. His brother Ernest William Auld was killed in action on August 7, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Engineers.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Gravemarker
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Photo of George Auld
Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers' -
Newspaper clipping
F/O George Edgar Auld obit Montreal Gazette May 18 1940 courtesy McGill University Archives -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. 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
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "F/O G.E. AULD R.C.A.F." is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 2 reads: "F/O George Edgar AULD RCAF, 1 Air Navigation School. Former student in Trinity College, Arts, 1926-27. Killed in flying accident at Trenton, Ontario, 17 May 1940. Buried in the People's Cemetery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island." -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "G.E. AULD" is among those inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Scroll
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer George Edgar Auld
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHARLOTTETOWN PEOPLE'S CEMETERY Prince Edward Island, Canada
Access by car from the Arterial Highway and proceed towards downtown core on Highway 2 (also called St. Peter's Road). The cemetery entrance is located on St. Peter's Road, next to St. Pius X Church. The entrance is also available off Kensington Road.
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