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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Division:
23rd Sqdn.
Birth:
Lockport, New York
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. I. 1.
Additional information
Son of Mr. F. F. Helmer, of St. George St., Toronto, Ontario. Born at Lockport, New York, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping (2)
Photograph - published October 2nd, 1918 in the Toronto Star newspaper. -
Commemorative Plaque
"The bronze memorial tablet, sacred to the memory of those members of our congregation, who laid down their lives in the recent great war, and subscribed for by the members of the congregation"-this statement appeared in a 1922 church publication. -
All Saints' Church's Montage
All Saints' Church was established in 1872 as an Anglican church and is located at 315 Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto. 196 members of the church served in World War I, and 28 lost their lives. The 1922 WWI memorial tablet can be seen in this photo. -
Grave marker
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Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Elton Williams Helmer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 588 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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