Family History, Sim Chart 0200 Arthur Sim and Dorothy Ida Porter

1941 88 Merton St Toronto, Ontario, Canada (at enlistment of son) 1945 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Canada (Canada Voters Lists) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Arthur SIM and Miss Griselda SIMM (bank clerk) 1949 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters List) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Dorothy SIM and Miss Griselda SIM Stenographer 1901 8, Edith Road, Faversham Within, Faversham, Kent 1911 1 Coronation Villas Forbes Road, Faversham, Faversham Within, Kent. Living with them was nephew Albert W BROWN (17) Apprentice Ironmonger born Lewes, Sussex 1941 88 Merton St Toronto, Ontario, Canada (at enlistment of son) 1944 88 Merton St Toronto, Ontario, Canada (at death of son) 1945 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Canada (Canada Voters Lists) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Arthur SIM and Miss Griselda SIMM (bank clerk) 1949 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters List) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Dorothy SIM and Miss Griselda SIM Stenographer 1953 Apartment 2, Yonge Street, St Paul's Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters Lists) at this address Mrs Dorothy SIM and Miss Griselda SIME (stenographer) 1941 88 Merton St Toronto, Ontario, Canada (at enlistment 23rd September 1941) 1944 Further details on memorial record of 1944 Government of Canada (Veterans Affairs, Canada) Son of Arthur and Dorothy Ida (nee Porter) Sim of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Griselda. Full detail on Canada WWII Service Files of War Dead 1939-1947 (only part below, lots and lots of pages with lots of information on) Special Reserve RCAF Rec. Centre Air Force No R.133772 Posted to Toronto Ont. Trade Aircrew (P or O) ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (Attestation Paper) (Pages one and two, only, are to be completed in Applicant's own Handwriting Surname SIM Full Christian Names Dennis Macdonald Present address 88 Merton st. Toronto Telephone Way2381 Permanent address 88 Merton St. Toronto, Ont. Place of Birth London, England Citizenship British Date of Birth June 26 1919 Single No children occupation Clerk Religion Anglican Languages English, (fluent) School French and Latin Next of Kin (full Name Dorothy SIM Relationship Mother address 88 Merton St Toronto, Ontario Father (Full Name) Arthur SIM Birthplace Edinburgh, Scotland Address 88 Merton St, Toronto, Ont. Citizenship British Occupation Machinist Mother (Full Maiden Name) Dorothy Ida PORTER Birthplace Faversham, England Address 88 Merton St, Toronto, Ontario Citizenship British Details of any Naval, Military or Air Force Service Trainee, Newmarket Private 9/101940 to 7 November 1940 Honours Award, Mention No Are you now on any Naval Military or Air Force Reserve No Have you previous made application to join the R.C.A.F.?No Were you ever discharged from any branch of His Majesty's Forces as Medically unfit No etc etc goes with various other questions, ie any criminal convictions etc etc. His employment was a Junior Clerk with Norwich Union Fire Ins, Toronto from Oct 1937 to December 1939 and a Clerk with Massie and Renwick, Fire Ins, Toronto from December 1939 to September 1941 when he left to join RAF He says his sports were swimming moderately and softball occasionally Four people gave him references There is a full page of his medical examination And on the next page there is a large picture of him He appears to have been reported missing on January 1944 Letter sent to Mrs Arthur SIM Ottawa, Canada, 5th November 1946 Mrs Arthur Sim 88 Merton Street Toronto, Ontario Dear Mrs. Sim Information has been received from the Missing Research and Enquiry Services ont eh Continent regarding your son, Flying Officer Dennis McDonald Sim. Your son's aircraft was attacked by a Night Fighter in the vicinity of Wollseifen on the night of January 27, 1944. After a fight the two aircraft collided and your son's aircraft broke up in the air, the main portion coming down in the Walbich Tal, approximately one mile South of the Urftalsperre. The remainder of the wreckage was scattered over a large are. The local inhabitants stated that none of the crew member appeared to have baled out. The body of Squadron Leader Smith, a member of your son's crew, was identified by means of papers and was laid to rest in a Communal Grave with six other member of the crew in the Wollseifen Communal Cemetery, Germany. The body of Flying Office Teskey, also identified by means of papers was recovered at a later date and laid to rest in a separate grave. As the bodies recovered number eight in all your son's crew is accounted for and it is assumed that your son is one of the six unknown removed the one aircraft and buried with Squadron Leader Smith. Their graves are well kept and supplied with flowers. British Military Cemeteries have been located at a number of points in Germany, and all Royal Canadian Air Force personnel buried in Germany will be moved to these cemeteries, where the graves will be supported and sustained by the Dominion of Canada and entrusted to the Imperial War Grave Commission for reverent and perpetual care and the erection of a headstone over each grave. The task of preparing and erecting these headstones will naturally take considerable time. It is not necessary to write to the Imperial War Grave Commission, as you will be contacted by them before the stone is prepared. When this concentration takes place it may be possible it identify your son's body and if this is down you will be advised immediately by these Headquarters. May I again offer my sincere sympathy at the loss of your gallant son. Yours Sincerely R.C.A.F. Casualty Officer for Chief of the Air Staff. 1945 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Canada (Canada Voters Lists) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Arthur SIM and Miss Griselda SIMM (bank clerk) 1949 88 Merton Street, Eglinton, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters List) At this address Arthur SIM, Mrs Dorothy SIM and Miss Griselda SIM Stenographer 1953 Apartment 2, Yonge Street, St Paul's Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters Lists) at this address Mrs Dorothy SIM and Miss Griselda SIME (stenographer) 1958 49 Lonsdale Road, St Paul's Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Canada Voters List) At this address Florence KING, nurse's aid, Elizabeth BOGGS retired. Elizabeth McKAY retried, Griselda SIM secretary, Merle CARTER retired, Kathleen DEVANEY teacher, Hilda M JARVIS nurse and Walter H JARVIS journalist

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