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Son of Walter F. Newel and Lillian E. Newel, of Leaside, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Walter David Newel
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Walter David Newel
A plaque on the exterior wall of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, a hockey arena and recreational complex at 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto. The original facility was opened in 1951 and was named in remembrance of local (Leaside) men who died in World War II. Included in the names on the plaque, which was placed there in 1963, is that of Walter David Newel. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
Image gallery
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Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Walter David Newel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Walter David Newel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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A plaque on the exterior wall of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, a hockey arena and recreational complex at 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto. The original facility was opened in 1951 and was named in remembrance of local (Leaside) men who died in World War II. Included in the names on the plaque, which was placed there in 1963, is that of Walter David Newel. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
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From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 198 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY Berkshire, United Kingdom
Botley is 2 miles west of the city of Oxford in the civil parish of North Hinksey. Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley interchange and take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards along on the right hand side.
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