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Mentioned in Despatches

The Province, 30 August 1940 · Awards and mentions

Newspaper cutting, The Province, 30 August 1940

Calgary Flyer Honored

CALGARY, Aug. 30.—(CP)—Lieut. William A. Martyn, Royal Navy (fleet air arm), 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Martyn of Calgary, has been mentioned in despatches “for bravery and continued devotion to duty in combatting enemy aircraft,” his parents were advised in a cable from London.

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