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Military service
Service number:
170143
Age:
31
Rank:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Enlistment:
Kitchener
Death:
September 5, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 751-1.
Additional information
Son of George and Minnie Philip, of Kitchener, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Air Mechanic 2nd Class Walter Depere Philip
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Photo of Walter Philip
Cadet Walter T. Philip, the son of George 'Pop' Philip, was born in Detroit, Michigan. He enlisted at Kitchener, Ontario, in the Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in an accident at Leaside, Ontario, on 5 September 1918. The photographer, Reuben J. Panabaker, operated a studio at 21 King Street East, Berlin, Ontario, from 1913 to 1922. http://images.ourontario.ca/kitchener/details.asp?r=vs&ID=45407&number=27 -
Photo of Walter Philip
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of WALTER DEPERE PHILIP
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 604 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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KITCHENER (MOUNT HOPE) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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