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Son of James Robert Whigham and Maude Ellen (nee Oram) Teasdale of Edmonton, Alberta. Twin brother of Flying Officer Thomas Leo Teasdale, RCAF, killed in action on 25 March 1944, and brother of James Frederick, Richard Robert and Kathleen Ellen.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
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Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
Teasdale, Harry Leo Whigham - Warrant Officer, Class 1. Born October 28, 1922, at Drumheller, Alta. Educated at Drumheller. Entered the service of the Bank 12th November, 1940. Served at Drumheller and Hanna, Alta. Enlisted 8th November, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in April, 1943; Flight Sergeant in September, 1943; Warrant Officer, Class II, in June, 1944; Warrant Officer, Class I, in January, 1945. Trained at Edmonton and Calgary, Alta., and Debert and Dartmouth, N.S. Served with 161 Squadron based at Dartmouth. Posthumously awarded R.C.A.F. Operational Wing by Chief of Air Staff "in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy." Missing when the bomber on which he was flying was wrecked over the Atlantic Ocean on 19th February, 1945. Officially presumed dead 8th August, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale
Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
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Teasdale, Harry Leo Whigham - Warrant Officer, Class 1. Born October 28, 1922, at Drumheller, Alta. Educated at Drumheller. Entered the service of the Bank 12th November, 1940. Served at Drumheller and Hanna, Alta. Enlisted 8th November, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant in April, 1943; Flight Sergeant in September, 1943; Warrant Officer, Class II, in June, 1944; Warrant Officer, Class I, in January, 1945. Trained at Edmonton and Calgary, Alta., and Debert and Dartmouth, N.S. Served with 161 Squadron based at Dartmouth. Posthumously awarded R.C.A.F. Operational Wing by Chief of Air Staff "in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy." Missing when the bomber on which he was flying was wrecked over the Atlantic Ocean on 19th February, 1945. Officially presumed dead 8th August, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Toronto Telegram February 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
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Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
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Page 569 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA MEMORIAL Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa Memorial stands on the north-eastern point of Green Island in the City of Ottawa. Overlooking the northern branch of the Twin Falls of the Rideau River, it commands a panoramic view of the Ottawa River and the Gatineau Hills beyond.
The Memorial commemorates those of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth who lost their lives while serving in units operating from bases in Canada, the British West Indies and the United States of America, or while training in Canada and the U.S.A., and who have no known graves.
The main feature of the Ottawa Memorial is a sculptured terrestrial globe in bronze, 3 metres in diameter, on a base formed by three bronze beavers rising from the centre of an ornamental pool. The globe, of open lattice-work corresponding to the lines of latitude and longitude, on which the land masses are super imposed in low relief, is crowned by the Air Forces emblem of a bronze eagle with outspread wings.
Two curved screen walls faced in limestone, bearing cast bronze panels on which the names appear, face inwards towards the globe. They are placed slightly off centre to allow a clear view through the Ottawa Memorial from the central steps on Sussex Drive and from the wide pathway. Two Air Force crest exist in the paving between the screen walls.
A dedicatory inscription, in English on one screen wall and in French on the other, is incised in the stonework between the bronze name panels, which reads as follows:
1939 - 1945
In honoured memory of the men and women of the air forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and neighbouring lands and who have no known grave.
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