Flying Officer William Douglas Hayter
Killed in Action in WW2
Date of Death:
General Information
Conflict:
WW2
Regimental No.:
J/22592
Cause of Death (in war):
Killed in Action
Branch:
Air Force
Regiment:
Canadian Forces
Battalion:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Company:
434 Sqdn.
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Date of Enlistment:
Age at Enlistment:
28 years 9 months
Date of Discharge:
Age at Discharge:
30 years 10 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
30 years 10 months
Country Born:
Canada
Trade or Calling:
Teacher
Next of Kin:
Son of Archie S. Hayter and Eva Farquhar Hayter, Huntingdon, Quebec
Address at Enlistment:
Huntingdon, Quebec
Religion:
Presbyterian
Place of Enlistment:
Montreal, Quebec
Was a Prisoner of War:
No
Height:
5 ft 8.0 in / 173 cm
Weight:
150 lbs / 68 kg
Chest:
35.0 in / 89 cm
Expansion:
3.0 in / 8 cm
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Saw Service in:
Europe
Place of Discharge:
Discharge Type:
Died in Service
Discharge Notes:
Battle Died/Wounded:
Length of Service:
744 days in service
Buried at:
Plot:
Coll. grave 8. G. 1-16.
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William Douglas Hayter
Handley Page Halifax Bomber
Ranks
| Conflict |
Rank |
Regiment |
Branch |
Unit |
Company |
Date From |
Date To |
| WW2 |
Flying Officer |
Canadian Forces |
Air Force |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
434 Sqdn. |
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Notes
University: Macdonald College, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
Teacher for 7 years
Education:
1920-1927 Huntingdon Acadeny
1927-1932 Huntingdon High School
1932-1933 Macdonald College Pedagogy Cr.
1937-1938 Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
Work Experience 1933-1940 Teacher: Poltimore, Quebec, Maniwaki, Quebec, Megantic, Quebec, Wakefield East, Quebec, Huntingdon, Quebec
First Operator: 1940-1942 De Salaberry Works, Nitro, Quebec
Sports: Rugby, Tennis, Skiing
Huntingdon telephone number was 715.
Additional Service Notes
Was in the Macdonald College Cadet Corps Sept 1932 to May 1933
Body was initially buried by the Germans in a communal grave in Gohre, Germany, one of the 48 airmen from 7 aircraft shot down in the vicinity. 32 were subsequently identified in 1948, Flying Officer William Douglas Hayter was not one of them. He was reinterred in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery in a collective grave.
Crashed at Gohre while flying an operational mission over Germany in a Handley Page Halifax four-engined heavy bomber with a crew od 7
Additional Next of Kin Notes
Father Archibald Smaill Hayter, born Huntingdon, Quebec
Mother Eva Elizabeth Farquhar, born Herdman, Quebec
Parents living in Huntingdon, Quebec. Married Rockburn, Sept 7, 1910
Brothers
Sergeant Ralph Robert Hayter, 29, R-224365. RCAF
George Archibald Hayter, 26, HUntingdon, Quebec
W/O Leslie David Hayter, 25, R-104950, RCAF
Gunner Allan Moore Hayter, 23, D-118476, Canadian Army overseas
