Military service
Service number:
R/126246
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
175 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 24, 1923
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
August 28, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
October 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 180.
Additional information
Son of Douglas and Nellie Mae Shanks, of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Mrs. Nellie Shanks était membre de la section de Wheat City de la Remembrance Association (Silver Cross Women of Canada), située à Brandon, au Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
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Photo of George Shanks
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. -
Photo of George Shanks
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Frederiction War Memorial
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Inscription
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Document
Report of crash and circumstances, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. -
Newspaper Clipping
George A Shanks Newspaper Announcement from Thelma Crewdson Scrapbook -
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II George Arnold Shanks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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