Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Grave marker – Becklingen War Cemetery … 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 – Sergeant Ronald Douglas Killin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Sergeant Ronald Douglas Killin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of Ronald Douglas Killin – From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947. Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston: Sgt. Douglas Killin, age 24, was killed on November 8, 1941, when a 405 Squadron Wellington (W5583) in which he served as observer, was shot down on the way to Berlin, for the last major raid of the year on the German capital. He too, is buried in the Becklingen War cemetery, Soltau,Germany.

Letter from the Sydney Academy

Photo of Ronald Killin – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me