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Roy Neil Graham
Royal Canadian Air Force
Roy Neil Graham
Leading Aircraftman
R175140
Royal Canadian Air Force
March 25, 1924
Cleveland, Ohio
June 23, 1942
No. 11 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
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5 feet, 6 inches
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Grocery Clerk
Church of England
Andrew Neil Graham (Father)
February 25, 1943
18
Toronto (Prospect) Cemetery, Ontario
Naval and Military Plot, Section 1, Grave 545
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Roy Neil Graham was the son of Andrew Neil Graham and Elma Violet (Dier) Graham, and the brother of Marion Eileen Graham,
Douglas Graham, and Bruce Albert Graham.
At the time of Roy's enlistment in June 1942 during World War II, his father, Leading Aircraftman Andrew Graham, served as a clerk at
RCAF Eglington.
Roy lived in Newboro, Ontario, where his father was born, and Toronto growing up. Roy, who had a fondness for hockey, swimming,
and softball, attended high school in Elgin, Ontario. From 1940 to 1942, he worked as a delivery boy for Show Crafts, a labourer for
Normans Wood in Coal, and a store clerk for the Frontenac Floor & Wall Tile Company; all in Kingston. The family moved to Toronto in
December of 1941, and for a time Roy also worked as a grocery clerk for the Loblaws Groceterias there.
In February of 1943, Roy was undergoing training at the No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School (2 EFTS) at RCAF Station Fort
Williams in Ontario (now Thunder Bay).
Tragically, during a solo flight in a Tiger Moth trainer aircraft, Leading Aircraftman Roy Neil Graham lost his life when the plane he was
piloting spun into the ground and crashed while exiting a steep turn, approximately 5 or 6 miles from the aerodrome.