Samuel Elton Rozell Rank: Aircraftman 2nd Class Status: Killed in Vehicle Accident 1941-10-31

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Rozell, Samuel Elton (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Vehicle Accident 1941-October-31

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Birth Date: 1921 (age 20)

Son of Samuel Elton Rozell and Maude L. Rozell, of Kitchener, Ontario.

Home: Kitchener, Ontario

Service
RCAF

Unit
4 WS- Wireless School

Base
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Wireless Air Gunner trainee

Service Numbers
R/97255

Died as a result of an automobile accident near Hamilton, at FreeIton, Ontario.

Canada Primary Source School Daily Diary Entry â€“ 1941-10-31

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home

Kitchener, Ontario

Burial
Google Map

Woodland Cemetery, Canada
Sec A Lot 84 Grave 91

4 WS- Wireless School (4 Wireless School)

Trainees in the "Wireless Air Gunner" (WAG) stream spent 24 weeks at a Wireless Schoo learning the theory and application of wireless communications. This included signalling with lights and flags as well as radio. Their "WAG" training was completed with four weeks at a Bombing & Gunnery School.

RCAF Roundel RCAF.info - RCAF Station Guelph ON - 4 WS

General Guelph Historical Society

1941-06-01 Primary Location Guelph Canada Currently the home Ontario Agricultural College.

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Rozell, Samuel Elton (Aircraftman 2nd Class)

Killed in Vehicle Accident 1941-October-31

4 WS- Wireless School (4 Wireless School)

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