WWI Regimental #183584
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta in the 89th Battalion. Appointed Flight Cadet C.A.F. in 1918. Served in France. Awarded the Military Medal.
Previous military service: 103rd Rifles, 2 months
Next-of-kin: Alfred McCallum, father, at 227 4th Ave. N.E., Calgary
Trade: Salesman
Plane Wing Breaks In Mid-Air; Two Local Fliers Die in Crash
With half its lower left wing ripped off as it stunted above the northwest limits of the city about 12:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, "Miss Calgary," De Haviland moth airplane of the Calgary Aero Club, crashed seconds later on a vacant lot at the foot of the North Hill between two houses, instantly killing the pilot, Norma E. Stevens, war-time pilot, and a passenger, Herbert A. McCallum, war-time air observer. Both were members of the local flying club.
Mr. McCallum, who was 31 years of age, was born in Toronto and came to Calgary with his parents sixteen years ago. He had lived here since with the exception of the period in France. In 1914 he went overseas with the 89th Battalion, serving first with the Motor Machine Gunners. He joined the Royal Air Force shortly after reaching the front and served in the air until conclusion of hostilities.
He was employed as city sales manager by the painting firm of G. F. Stevens and Co. Ltd., and before he joined the firm had been in charge of the painting department of the Hudson's Bay Co. He had been a member of the Calgary Aero Club since its inception and had taken the ground school course a year ago. He was a member of Crescent Heights Masonic Lodge.
The late Mr. McCallum is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle McCallum; two daughters, Joyce, four years old, and Shirley, two; his mother, Mrs. Millie McCallum; his brother, Malcolm and sister, Jewell E., the latter three residing at 350 Fourth avenue northeast.
Excerpts from The Calgary Daily Herald, Monday, May 20, 1929, pages 1, 3 and 11
Alberta Death Reg. #1929-08-201399
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta in the 89th Battalion. Appointed Flight Cadet C.A.F. in 1918. Served in France. Awarded the Military Medal.
Previous military service: 103rd Rifles, 2 months
Next-of-kin: Alfred McCallum, father, at 227 4th Ave. N.E., Calgary
Trade: Salesman
Plane Wing Breaks In Mid-Air; Two Local Fliers Die in Crash
With half its lower left wing ripped off as it stunted above the northwest limits of the city about 12:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, "Miss Calgary," De Haviland moth airplane of the Calgary Aero Club, crashed seconds later on a vacant lot at the foot of the North Hill between two houses, instantly killing the pilot, Norma E. Stevens, war-time pilot, and a passenger, Herbert A. McCallum, war-time air observer. Both were members of the local flying club.
Mr. McCallum, who was 31 years of age, was born in Toronto and came to Calgary with his parents sixteen years ago. He had lived here since with the exception of the period in France. In 1914 he went overseas with the 89th Battalion, serving first with the Motor Machine Gunners. He joined the Royal Air Force shortly after reaching the front and served in the air until conclusion of hostilities.
He was employed as city sales manager by the painting firm of G. F. Stevens and Co. Ltd., and before he joined the firm had been in charge of the painting department of the Hudson's Bay Co. He had been a member of the Calgary Aero Club since its inception and had taken the ground school course a year ago. He was a member of Crescent Heights Masonic Lodge.
The late Mr. McCallum is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle McCallum; two daughters, Joyce, four years old, and Shirley, two; his mother, Mrs. Millie McCallum; his brother, Malcolm and sister, Jewell E., the latter three residing at 350 Fourth avenue northeast.
Excerpts from The Calgary Daily Herald, Monday, May 20, 1929, pages 1, 3 and 11
Alberta Death Reg. #1929-08-201399
WWI Regimental #183584
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta in the 89th Battalion. Appointed Flight Cadet C.A.F. in 1918. Served in France. Awarded the Military Medal.
Previous military service: 103rd Rifles, 2 months
Next-of-kin: Alfred McCallum, father, at 227 4th Ave. N.E., Calgary
Trade: Salesman
Plane Wing Breaks In Mid-Air; Two Local Fliers Die in Crash
With half its lower left wing ripped off as it stunted above the northwest limits of the city about 12:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, "Miss Calgary," De Haviland moth airplane of the Calgary Aero Club, crashed seconds later on a vacant lot at the foot of the North Hill between two houses, instantly killing the pilot, Norma E. Stevens, war-time pilot, and a passenger, Herbert A. McCallum, war-time air observer. Both were members of the local flying club.
Mr. McCallum, who was 31 years of age, was born in Toronto and came to Calgary with his parents sixteen years ago. He had lived here since with the exception of the period in France. In 1914 he went overseas with the 89th Battalion, serving first with the Motor Machine Gunners. He joined the Royal Air Force shortly after reaching the front and served in the air until conclusion of hostilities.
He was employed as city sales manager by the painting firm of G. F. Stevens and Co. Ltd., and before he joined the firm had been in charge of the painting department of the Hudson's Bay Co. He had been a member of the Calgary Aero Club since its inception and had taken the ground school course a year ago. He was a member of Crescent Heights Masonic Lodge.
The late Mr. McCallum is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle McCallum; two daughters, Joyce, four years old, and Shirley, two; his mother, Mrs. Millie McCallum; his brother, Malcolm and sister, Jewell E., the latter three residing at 350 Fourth avenue northeast.
Excerpts from The Calgary Daily Herald, Monday, May 20, 1929, pages 1, 3 and 11
Alberta Death Reg. #1929-08-201399
Enlisted Nov. 6, 1915 at Calgary, Alberta in the 89th Battalion. Appointed Flight Cadet C.A.F. in 1918. Served in France. Awarded the Military Medal.
Previous military service: 103rd Rifles, 2 months
Next-of-kin: Alfred McCallum, father, at 227 4th Ave. N.E., Calgary
Trade: Salesman
Plane Wing Breaks In Mid-Air; Two Local Fliers Die in Crash
With half its lower left wing ripped off as it stunted above the northwest limits of the city about 12:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon, "Miss Calgary," De Haviland moth airplane of the Calgary Aero Club, crashed seconds later on a vacant lot at the foot of the North Hill between two houses, instantly killing the pilot, Norma E. Stevens, war-time pilot, and a passenger, Herbert A. McCallum, war-time air observer. Both were members of the local flying club.
Mr. McCallum, who was 31 years of age, was born in Toronto and came to Calgary with his parents sixteen years ago. He had lived here since with the exception of the period in France. In 1914 he went overseas with the 89th Battalion, serving first with the Motor Machine Gunners. He joined the Royal Air Force shortly after reaching the front and served in the air until conclusion of hostilities.
He was employed as city sales manager by the painting firm of G. F. Stevens and Co. Ltd., and before he joined the firm had been in charge of the painting department of the Hudson's Bay Co. He had been a member of the Calgary Aero Club since its inception and had taken the ground school course a year ago. He was a member of Crescent Heights Masonic Lodge.
The late Mr. McCallum is survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle McCallum; two daughters, Joyce, four years old, and Shirley, two; his mother, Mrs. Millie McCallum; his brother, Malcolm and sister, Jewell E., the latter three residing at 350 Fourth avenue northeast.
Excerpts from The Calgary Daily Herald, Monday, May 20, 1929, pages 1, 3 and 11
Alberta Death Reg. #1929-08-201399
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