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Military service
Service number:
J/7776
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
83 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 14, 1916
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 17, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 13, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 99.
Additional information
Son of Thomas John and Catherine (nee Salisbury) and step-son of Frances Hedley, of Burlington, Ontario. Brother of Thomas Salisbury and Allan Ernest.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 7 June 1946.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William James Hedley
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of William Hedley
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer William James Hedley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William James Hedley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William James Hedley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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