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Military service
Service number:
R/83541
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
425 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 28, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 7, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 102.
Additional information
Son of Paul and Aloysia Cachia, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
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Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Inscription
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN CACHIA
From the Toronto Star August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
former manager of the Canada House Hotel -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Cachia
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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