In memory of

Flying Officer

Archie Verdun Batty

who died on 14 Oct 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J21182
  Date of death 19441014
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J21182 Flying Officer (No. 428 Ghost Squadron RCAF bomb aimer) Archie Verdun Batty (b.1916) of Limerick was KIA 19441014 and is buried at Rheinberg war cemetery north of Duisberg, Germany. (According to They Shall Grow Not Old, Batty's name is also inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial.) Batty's Lancaster was shot down during a daylight raid on Duisberg. He was the son of Samuel and Agnes Jane (Maxwell) Batty who came from Toronto to NE20-7-2-W3 in 1910. Archie attended Bruce and Limerick schools and taught at Lynthorpe and Stonehenge before becoming manager of the Limerick Co-op in 1939. He enlisted at Regina early in 1942 and married Aveline Emma (Whitehouse) of Indian Head six months later.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 73 - Stonehenge
  Cemetery or memorial location Rheinberg war cemetery, Duisberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Stonehenge
  Geo-memorial Batty Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.8°N / 102.2167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L16
  Geo-memorial details West of Creighton.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19160313
  Place of birth Limerick    
  Date of enlistment 19420212
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Limerick    
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