Douglas F. Archer commision
newspaper article
Douglas F. Archer, son of Captain Douglas Archer and Kate Rennie Archer, well known Berkeley poetess, has been commissioned pilot officer in the Canadian Royal Air Force. He also won the distinguished marksmanship medal of Canada. A graduate of Berkeley High School, young Archer left San Francisco Junior College to enlist in the Canadian forces in December, 1941. Captain Archer served with the famous 15th Division in World War One and Mrs. Archer held commissioned rank in the NACB first Women's Auxiliary Corps, 1916 to 1918. She also served in the Red Cross from 1914 to 1916.
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file) published by newspapers.com on February 14th, 1943 (Ref: p. 12) The author/originator was Oakland Tribune. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.- Source/Citation References (4)
- Individual: Catherine Rennie Aitken
- Individual: Douglas Archer
- Occupation: flying officer Douglas Flockhart Archer
- Occupation: nurse Catherine Rennie Aitken