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Military service
Service number:
R/124616
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#42 Operational Training Unit
Death:
August 4, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 186.
Additional information
Son of John H. Williston and Katherine MacLeod Williston, of Sydney, Nova Scotia. His brother Albert Williston had also served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and died on January 21, 1944.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of David Archibald Williston
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Commemorative Album Cover
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Commemorative Poem
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Press Clipping
From a collection of newspaper clippings (album), donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Bernard Croak VC branch 003 by Shirley (Terrio) Green in memory of her mother Olive (Newell) Terrio. -
Stained Glass Window
Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON [sign/panneau] Bethel Presbyterian Church MINISTER Rev. ROBERT LYLE, B.A.M.Div. SUNDAY SERVICES DIVINE WORSHIP 11 A.M. - 7 P.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 9.45 A.M. WEDNESDAY 7.30 P.M. PRAYER MEETING Everyone Welcome http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=6394 -
Photo of DAVID ARCHIBALD WILLISTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DAVID ARCHIBALD WILLISTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of David Archibald Williston
Stained Glass Window – Photo Credit: Marilyn Gurney This memorial at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sydney Forks, Nova Scotia is dedicated to Albert and David Williston. It was erected by their mother, Catherine Williston. [stained glass window/vitrail] [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] HOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK [?] IN LOVING MEMORY OF SONS F/S ALBERT WILLISTON AND F/S DAVID WILLISTON GIVEN BY THEIR MOTHER CATHERINE WILLISTON
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant David Archibald Williston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 227 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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