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Harry Edward Mayer

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer

June 29, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/92088

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Herbert E. Mayer, and of Kate I. Mayer, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 188 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MALTA MEMORIAL
Malta

Grave Reference:

Panel 10, Column 2.

Location:

The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta. The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels. The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave. The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class I Harry Edward Mayer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Harry Mayer– Mayer, Harry Edward - Flight Sergeant. Born 16th October, 1921, at Alberni, B.C. Educated at Warwick, Australia, and Simla, India. Entered the service of the Bank 20th September, 1939. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 6th February, 1941, from Powell St. (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in April, 1942; Flight Sergeant 20th March, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., Regina, Sask., Sea Island, B.C,, and Calgary, Alta, Overseas in October, 1941. Attached R.A.F. Served with Ferry Command in Middle East, Posted to North Africa in June, 1943, Reported 28th June, 1943 missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead March, 1944. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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    Photo of Harry Mayer
    Photo of Harry Mayer – Mayer, Harry Edward - Flight Sergeant. Born 16th October, 1921, at Alberni, B.C. Educated at Warwick, Australia, and Simla, India. Entered the service of the Bank 20th September, 1939. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 6th February, 1941, from Powell St. (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in April, 1942; Flight Sergeant 20th March, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., Regina, Sask., Sea Island, B.C,, and Calgary, Alta, Overseas in October, 1941. Attached R.A.F. Served with Ferry Command in Middle East, Posted to North Africa in June, 1943, Reported 28th June, 1943 missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead March, 1944. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

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