Robert Alexander Welsh Leading Aircraftman R/114120 Royal Canadian Air Force May 30, 1923 Burlington, Halton, Ontario June 28, 1941 RCAF Recruiting Centre, Hamilton, Ontario Niagara Falls, Ontario 18 5 feet, 6 ½ inches Fair Fair Blue Single Service Station Attendant United Church of Canada David Alexander Welsh (Father) April 28, 1942 18 Vanessa Cemetery, Norfolk County, Ontario Section 6, Plot 35

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Robert Alexander Welsh was the son of David Alexander Welsh (1880-1954) and Luella Mildred (Batholomew) Welsh (1883-1950), of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and the brother of James Gordon Welsh (1912-1989), and Margaret Helen Welsh (1921-2007). David graduated from Niagara Falls Boys College, and, in his spare time, enjoyed reading, swimming and tennis. At the time of his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force, he was employed as an attendant at Gunning’s Gas Station. David was training at the No. 14 Service Flying Training School (14 SFTS), at RCAF Station Aylmer in Ontario, when he was killed in a flying accident at 3:20 am on April 28, 1942. He was piloting Harvard Mark II No. 3093, when it crashed 2 miles east of Aylmer. David was interred at the Vanessa Cemetery in Windham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario.