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Military service
Service number:
R/149115
Age:
23
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
263 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row G. Grave 14.
Additional information
Born 20 August 1920 in Calgary, Alberta. Son of Arthur Robert Ryan and Mabel A. Ryan, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Brother of Aylmer Ryan, serving overseas and Mrs. E.S. Trowsdale, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings awarded posthumously on 28 May 1947.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Alton James Ryan
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Photo of Alton Ryan
Shot down by flak in Typhoon MN524 during an attack on St.Malo harbour, France. -
Letter
Letter to Mr. Ryan about his son's death. LAC Ottawa -
Photo of Alton J. Ryan
LAC Ottawa -
Grave marker
Temporary grave marker. LAC Ottawa
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Alton James Ryan
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Alton James Ryan
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Alton James Ryan
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Alton James Ryan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 434 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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