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Military service
Service number:
J/9570
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 9. H. 18-22.
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Dorothy Donovan, of Toronto, Ontario. Nephew of Rose Harvey, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
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Memorial
Borden Co. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM HARRY DONOVAN
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Book of Remembrance
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Harry Donovan
William at 16 OTU, RAF Upper Heyford, Course No.35 - April 1942 -
Photo of William Harry Donovan
William at 16 OTU, RAF Upper Heyford, Course No.35 - April 1942
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Harry Donovan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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