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In Memory of
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM FREEMAN
Flying Officer, J/22247
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died 22 age
04 January 1944

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY



Born: 28 Nov 1921, Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Son of William McFarlane Campbell and Marjorie F. Campbell, of Hamilton, Ontario;
William enlisted on the 12th of December 1941 in Toronto;
He lived with his parents and two younger sisters in Hamilton, ON.



William was the flying officer of Vickers Wellington HX594. On 4 January 1944 Wellington HZ594 took off from Luqa detailed to escort a convoy and carry out an anti-submarine patrol. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost and all the crew members were killed.

The body of William was found 7 miles south of Capo d'Orlando near Galati Mamertino, Sicily. William was initially buried at the temporary US Cemetery in Palermo, but was exhumed in 1947 and reburied at Agira. (source: RCAF Association)

The crew members of HZ594 were:

Flying Officer William Freeman Campbell (J/22247) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Walter Downes Cock (421344) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Carol James Daley (414537) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Warrant Officer Class I H G Reid (R/92101) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Harry Leonard Walker (413917) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Gordon George Wilde (403241) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)

All the other crewmembers are buried at Catania War Cemetery.


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Name: Campbell, William Freeman, W F
Rank: Flying Officer
Service: J/22247
Unit Text:
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 04/01/1944
Age: 22
Grave Reference: C. E. 321
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Fallen Soldiers

Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
AKERLEY, GEORGE L., G L
EATMAN, ARTHUR WALLACE, A W
GALLAGHER, OMAR BURTON, O B
LA POINTE, WALTER JAMES, W J
MAC DONALD, WALTER GORDON, W G
Mc CAULEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J
MORRIS, WILLIAM HENRY, W H

Royal Canadian Artillery
AMIRAULT, RESTHER JOSEPH, R J
ATTIS, JOSEPH WILFRED, J W
CHIASSON, URBAN JOSEPH, U J
DOWNING, FRANK FIDELLE, F F
HIGGINS, ARNOLD JOHN, A J
HUGHES, JOHN, J
JONCAS, LAURIER, L
OSBORNE, JAMES, J
STEEVES, CLIFFORD FRED, C F
STROME, FRANK GORDON, F G
TRITES, LEONARD CHESLIE, L C

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.
ARBOUR, WILLIAM, W
BESSERMAN, JACK, J
CHILVERS, HAROLD, H
DICKS, CHARLES WILLIAM JOSEPH, C W J
DOWNES, ROBERT, R
LAMPERT, MAX JOSEPH, M J
Mc CRIMMON, ARTHUR JAMES, A J
MILLER, WILLIAM SWEETMAN, W S
SIMMONS, JAMES HOWARD, J H
TAYLOR, VICTOR MARSHALL, V M
YOUNG, GEORGE ERNEST, G E

Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
BAIN, CLARENCE JESSE, C J
CRAVEN, GEORGE PHILIP, G P
ECKHARDT, RALPH STANLEY, R S
HEEREBOUT, REUBEN EARL, R E
HISCHUCK, MICHAEL, M
JARVIS, JOHN GUTHRIE, J G
POULTON, ALAN ROLAND, A R
SIMPSON, JOHN, J

Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BARRIEAU, HILAIRE, H
DUCHARME, JOSEPH MARCEL, J M
FORTIN, ROVILLE, R
McREA, CAMERON, C

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
BROAD, WILLIAM THOMAS, W T
CLACK, REGINALD, R
DOYLE, GORDON FREEMAN, G F
FIELDHOUSE, REGINALD, R E
GRAD, JOSEPH, J
HUNTER, RAYMOND, R H
LIVINGSTONE, ALLAN ARCHIBALD, A A
MORRISON, WILLIAM SOUTHARD, W S
ROBINSON, CLARENCE DAVID, C D
STORY, RUPERT RHOADES, R R
TERRY, FREDERIC WILLIAM, F W
WARNICA, GORDON, G

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
BROWN, CHARLES, C G
JINSSEN, HERMAN WILLIAM, H W
KROON, THEODORUS SENEDICTUS S. H., T S S H
QUICK, MILTON STEWART, M S
QUINN, ROBERT ARTHUR, R A

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BURFIELD ARNOLD NORMAN RICHARD, A N R
COCKIN, MAURICE HERBERT BATTLE, M H B
HUISH, FRANCIS MILTON, F M
KENNEDY, GEORGE, G M
LAWSON, HAROLD WILFRED, H W
Mc KENNA, PATRICK JOSEPH, P J
NUTLEY, CHARLES FREDERICK RUPERT, C F R

Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BURY, WILLIAM GLEDSTANES, W G
CHILDS, ALFRED WILLIAM GEORGE, A W G
DAVISON, BRUCE DONALD, B D
HUFF, ANDREW, A
O'COFFEY, PATRICK FRANCIS, P F
PRATLEY, JOHN LESLIE, J L
ROBINSON, LAURENCE, L
WABISCA, EMERY, E
WALKER, WILLIAM, W

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
BUTCHER, FREDERICK JAMES, F J

Royal Canadian Regiment
BUTLER, JAMES MILFORD, J M
EVERITT, CHARLES ALEXANDER, C A
HEFFORD, GEORGE COLE, G C
HISCOX, WALTER CHARLES, W C
MADDISON, CLARENCE, C E
THOMS, ROLAND WILLIAM, R W

Royal Canadian Air Force
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM FREEMAN, W F
CLARK, JOHN WEMYSS, J W
CUSTANCE, JOHN PATRICK, J P
FEARNSIDE, JAMES, J
HALLIDAY, ROBERT HENRY, R H
KEITH, GOERGE NOEL, G N
KUNZ, JAMES JONATHAN, J J
LAZENBY, THOMAS HENRY, T H
ROZELL, GLEN EDWIN, G E
SHAW, ARTHUR EDWARD, A E
WESTMAN, ROBERT MORRIS, R M

Royal Canadian Engineers
CAREY, HUGH CAMPBELL, H C
JOHNSTON, LLOYD ALEXANDER, L A

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
DOBSON, HUGH WINSTON, H W
GOSSELIN, ALBERT JOHN CHARLES, A J C
KLASSEN, DIETRICH VICTOR, D V
ODDY, HERBERT, H
PEARSON, THOMAS, T
POULAIN, ADOLPHE LOUIS, A L

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DUCKETT, DENYS RICHARD, D R
LAWLOR, EDWARD JOHN, E J
PERREAULT, ALBERT, A

Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
FITCH, MAURICE STOLESON, M S

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
GLODE, JOSEPH CYRES, J C
WARREN, JOHN HUGH, J H

Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
LLOYD, ELLIS JAMES, E J
Mc INTYRE, DOUGLAS NEIL, D N

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Mc EWAN, THOMAS, T
STEPHENS, JOHN WILLIAM, J W

Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
RUPERT, EARL, E
TYDEMAN, THOMAS, T

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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