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Military service
Service number:
R/208118
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
January 14, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 282.
Additional information
Son of Alex and Mary Wegenast, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
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Photo of William Wegenast
Wegenast, William Alexander - Flight Sergeant. Born 11th August, 1923, at Hamilton, Ont. Educated at High School of Commerce, Hamilton. Entered the service of the Bank 29th April, 1940. Served at King & Wellington and Main & Kenilworth (Hamilton). Enlisted 30th January, 1943, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in December, 1943; subsequently Flight Sergeant. Trained at Toronto, Guelph, Ont., and Charlottetown, P.E.I. Overseas in September, 1944. Reported 29th January, 1945 missing after air operations, together with the six other members of the crew. Officially presumed dead 20th November, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Billie Wegenast, bottom row, 12th from left. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER WEGENAST
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER WEGENAST
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William Alexander Wegenast
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 574 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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