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alviegal

alviegal Report 23 Aug 2014 21:27

Oh how wonderful to see a photo of this very brave man safc.

Norfolkboy

Norfolkboy Report 23 Aug 2014 21:26

Wow, Thank you.
Very grateful.

alviegal

alviegal Report 23 Aug 2014 21:24


The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)

Sat March 20, 1943


RCAF Casualty List

Ottowa March 20-- The RCAF in it's 577th casualty list of the war Friday reported 5 men killed on active service overseas, 10 missing on active service after air operations overseas, and 1 man killed on active service in Canada.

KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

Shorten, Albert George Sgt

safc

safc Report 23 Aug 2014 21:21

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hockley-terence.html

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

safc

safc Report 23 Aug 2014 21:19

buy this


Deaths Mar 1943 (>99%)
SHORTEN Albert 20 N.Kesteven . 7a 579

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Norfolkboy

Norfolkboy Report 23 Aug 2014 21:15

Many Thanks,
How could i find out cause of death etc?

alviegal

alviegal Report 23 Aug 2014 21:13

SHORTEN, ALBERT GEORGE

Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Trade:
W. Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:
R/102169
Date of Death:
13/03/1943
Age:
20
Regiment/Service:
Royal Canadian Air Force

199 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Grave Reference:
Sec. H. Grave 293 South.
Cemetery:
LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Joseph William and Victoria Marie Clementine Shorten, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.


http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358673/SHORTEN,%20ALBERT%20GEORGE

A tree on ancestry has this for his mother


Victoria DeVocht
Birth 1901
Death 21 Dec 1993 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

safc

safc Report 23 Aug 2014 21:12

SHORTEN, ALBERT GEORGE

Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Trade:
W. Op./Air Gnr.
Service No:
R/102169
Date of Death:
13/03/1943
Age:
20
Regiment/Service:
Royal Canadian Air Force

199 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Grave Reference:
Sec. H. Grave 293 South.
Cemetery:
LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Joseph William and Victoria Marie Clementine Shorten, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

alviegal

alviegal Report 23 Aug 2014 21:10

Name: Warrant Officer Class II ( W. Op./air Gnr. ) Albert George Shorten
Death Date: 13 Mar 1943
Burial Place: Lincolnshire, England

Birth: unknown
Death: Mar. 13, 1943


Inscription:
Royal Canadian Air Force

Note: LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY


from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=SH&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=5&GSsr=7041&GRid=59978736&


EDIT http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2358673
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Norfolkboy

Norfolkboy Report 23 Aug 2014 21:06

Need help please with war records look up
I have Albert George Shorten Born 1923, Saskatchewen, Canada, Died 1943 in Kesteven, Lincolnshire UK, Could he have been in the Canadian Air Force ?
Son of Joseph & Victoria Shorten.

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