Military service
Service number:
J/15286
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 4, 1917
Chatham, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 17, 1940
Chatham, New Brunswick
Death:
September 15, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Compt. 15. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of Robert J. Hay and Loretta Hay, of Chatham, New Brunswick. Husband of Edith M. Hay, of Chatham.
Brother of Lieutenant Harold Robert Hay who died on April 7, 1944 while serving with the Carleton and York Regiment.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
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Photo of JOHN ARTHUR HAY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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 John Arthur Hay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Arthur Hay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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