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John Muir Candlish

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant John Muir Candlish

November 12, 1943
Cannes, Calvados, France

Military Service

Service Number:

J/4894

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

35 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

July 4, 1918
Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Quebec

Enlistment:

September 20, 1940
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Robert Fairlie Candlish, and of Eva Ethel Candlish, of Montreal, Quebec.

Brother of Flying Officer F. Candlish, number C/10838, of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He survived the war.

Served in Canada and England. He had 1,149 days of service, including 284 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VII. E. 2.

Location:

St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant John Muir Candlish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant John Muir Candlish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant John Muir Candlish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant John Muir Candlish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of John Muir Candlish– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of John Muir Candlish – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Candlish– Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'

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    Photo of John Candlish – Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'
  • Press Clipping– F/L John Muir Candlish Montreal Star Nov 16, 1943 courtesy McGill University archives

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    Press Clipping – F/L John Muir Candlish Montreal Star Nov 16, 1943 courtesy McGill University archives

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