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William Alexander Pylypow

In memory of:

Lieutenant William Alexander Pylypow

July 4, 1959
Perth, Ontario

Military Service


Service Number:

ZL4787

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Air Observation Post Flight (Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery)

Additional Information


Born:

February 23, 1931
North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 5, 1952
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Demetrius and Catherine Pylypow of Glaslyn, Saskatchewan. Brother of Frederick, Donald, Allan, Lillian, Violet, Robert, Leonard, Sylvia, Doreen, and Patricia. Husband of Dorothy Ann (nee Carmody) Pylypow and father of William Matthew and Margaret Mary Pylypow of Petawawa, Ontario. Margaret Mary was born three months after the death of her father, Lieutenant Pylypow.

Commemorated on Page 111 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GLASLYN (WOLIA) CEMETERY
Saskatchewan, Canada

Grave Reference:

N/A

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper article - Ottawa Citizen 6 July 1959

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