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Military service
Service number:
J/7615
Age:
30
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
July 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 100.
Additional information
Son of Ernest A. and Adeline V. Henry, of Kincardine, Ontario. Brother of Flight Lieutenant Douglas Henry, DFC and bar and Ernest, DFC.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
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Photo of RALPH BALLANTYNE HENRY
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Attestation paper
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Evaluation
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Document
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter
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Letter
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Document
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Soldiers' Tower 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 1200 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
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 “P/O R. B. HENRY 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. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 29 reads: “P/O Ralph Ballantyne HENRY 5 OTU, RCAF. Former student in University College, 1931-33. And the Teachers' Course, 1936. Missing, presumed dead, after an air operation west of Ayrshire, Scotland, 26 July 1942. Name inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Egham, Surrey, England.” -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ralph Ballantyne Henry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 81 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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