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Revision as of 12:46, 8 July 2018
Everett Malcolm Coulter (23 July 1920 - May 1943) was a son of Joseph and Williamina Bessie Coulter, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, killed in action during WW2.
Service in World War 2
He served with service number R/156195 as Warrant Officer Class II in the 78th Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Son of Joseph and Williamina Bessie Coulter, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Death
He was missing in action since May 1943:
Flt. Sgt. Everett Malcolm Coulter, 151 Wolverleigh Blvd., missing, was born in Calgary in July, 1920. He is a graduate of Toronto Normal School and before enlisting in March, 1942, taught school for two years in the Sunderland district. He graduated at Crumlin in February, 1943, as a navigator and went overseas the following month. He had been on operational assignments during the past three months in Halifax bombers. A brother, Hubert, an R.C.A.F. observer, has been missing since May, 1943, and is now presumed dead. Another brother, Wesley is a sergeant navigator in England
— Globe and Mail
Pte. [sic] Everett Malcolm Coulter was born July 23, 1920 at Calgary, Alberta. He was the son of Rev. Joseph and Mrs. BEssie Coulter, fifth oldest in a family of five boys and two girls. They lived in WEstern Canada until moving to Little Current in 1928.
— The Manitoulin (Island) Expositor, special issue, 1994. (Note: it contains several inaccuracies)
Along with 20,450 others who have no known grave, he is commemmorated at Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom, and referenced on grave reference panel 254.
Sources
Canadian Virtual War Memorial [1]