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Military service
Service number:
R/92555
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
410 Sqdn.
Death:
April 11, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 107.
Additional information
Son of Victor Osborne Smith and Grace Edna Smith, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Roderick Smith
Smith, Roderick Giles - Sergeant Pilot. Born 17th September, 1919, at Victoria, B.C. Educated at Riverview School, and Lord Roberts and Kelvin High Schools, Winnipeg. Entered the service of the Bank 30th July, 1937. Served at Vancouver and other branches in British Columbia. Enlisted 14th February, 1941, from Fernie in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot 24th October, 1941. Trained at Uplands, Ont. Overseas in November, 1941. After further training in Scotland, posted to 410 Squadron, as a night fighter, in March, 1942. Reported missing and presumed killed after air operations off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, on 11th April, 1942. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
Photo of Roderick Smith
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Roderick Giles Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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