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Arnold Wallace Cochrane

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Arnold Wallace Cochrane

March 2, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/102186

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

408 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 8, 1923
Fillmore, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

May 10, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Samuel Henry and Rose Ellen Cochrane, of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 147 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 149.

Location:

Bathmen is a small village in the province of Overijssel, 9 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, and 1.5 kilometres south of the main road to Almelo. The BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY is about 500 metres west of the centre of the village, on the north side of the road to Deventer. The graves are in the north-eastern part.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Attestation paper– RCAF attestation paper

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    Attestation paper
    Attestation paper – RCAF attestation paper
  • RCAF identification card.

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    RCAF identification card.
    RCAF identification card.
  • Document– Loss Halifax aircraft piloted by WO2 Cochrane with names of his crew who perished with him. One survived and was taken POW.

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    Document – Loss Halifax aircraft piloted by WO2 Cochrane with names of his crew who perished with him. One survived and was taken POW.
  • 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 II Arnold Wallace Cochrane 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 II Arnold Wallace Cochrane is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Arnold Wallace Cochrane 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 II Arnold Wallace Cochrane is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ARNOLD WALLACE COCHRANE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ARNOLD WALLACE COCHRANE
    Photo of ARNOLD WALLACE COCHRANE – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Arnold Wallace Cochrane

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    Photo of Arnold Wallace Cochrane
    Photo of Arnold Wallace Cochrane
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker

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