North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario
1917-06-06: posted to 57Sqn, France.
1917-08-21: Hutcheson was missing in DH-4, A-7555; last seen in combat near Menin on bombing raid to Ledeghem dump. His air-gunner, Lt Thomas Ernest Godwin (Canadian) was killed in the crash. Hutcheson was later reported to be a POW, and was repatriated 1918-12-14
Hutcheson, Walter Beamish (Lieutenant)
Prisoner of War 1917-August-21
Birth Date: 1889-October-11
Born: North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario
Parents: George Walter Hutcheson & Elizabeth Jane Beamish
Spouse: Ann “Nan†Lawson
Home: North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Engineers
Enlistment Date: 1916-April-18
Service
RAF
Unit
57 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
pilot
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