Grant, Roy Desmond

Killed in Vehicle Accident 1943-12-17

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Son of Andrew and Jessie Grant, of Daventry.

Home: Daventry, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 WS- Wireless School

Base

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Rank

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Position

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/272969

Home
Google MapDaventry, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapSt John's Cemetery, North Bay, Ontario
4 Wireless School, Guelph Ontario. AC2 Grant died in the Military Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario of injuries sustained in a motor car accident.

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

4 WS (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.

Canada Primary Source RCAF.info - RCAF Station Guelph ON - 4 WS

General Guelph Historical Society

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