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Sergeant William Patrick Black

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Military service

Service number: V55 887 912
Age: 39
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
Birth: February 4, 1945 Niagara Falls, Ontario
Enlistment: February 14, 1962 Ontario
Death: November 16, 1984 CFB Suffield, Alberta

Burial/memorial information

EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Field of Honour, Grave 3, Block 630
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Son of Joseph Wallace and Elizabeth (nee Cerridge) of Englehart, Ontario. Husband of Jacqueline Black and father of Steven Black of Edmonton, Alberta.

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada

During the 1939-1945 War, Canadian Infantry troops were stationed at Edmonton. No.13 Vocational Training School was set up and the airfield formed a link in the North-West Staging Route. Most of the war graves lie in Blocks 206 and 208. The cemetery also contains a Cross of Sacrifice. There are now 5 First World War and over 70 Second World War casualties commemorated in this site.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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