In memory of

Flight Sergeant

William Moffatt Tattersall Hetherington

who died on 30 Jul 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R132100
  Date of death 19430730
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R132100 Flight Sergeant (No. 78 Squadron RAF navigator) William Moffatt Tattersall Hetherington (b.1914) of Regina was KIA 19430730 and is buried at Hamburg cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany. Hetherington's Halifax went down at Bad Oldsloe southwest of Lubeck. He was the son of William Henry, a grocer, and Emma (Tattersall) Hetherington and left a wife Esther Ellen (Percy) and daughter Beverley Anne. William was a graduate of Haultain school and Scott collegiate and was a grocery broker when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Hamburg war cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Hetherington Lakes, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.3°N / 104.0667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P8
  Geo-memorial details East of Lac la Ronge.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19141101
  Place of birth Regina    
  Date of enlistment 19410926
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation grocer
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