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Flight Lieutenant Gordon Arthur Kidder

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Military service

Service number: J/10177
Age: 29
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth: December 9, 1914 St. Catharines, Ontario
Enlistment: January 8, 1941 Ontario
Death: March 29, 1944 Zagan, Poland

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 8. D. 5.
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Son of Arthur Garfield and Ethel May (nee Smith) Kidder. Brother of Alvin Harry and Alice Viola Marie.

He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during an escape from Stalag Luft 3.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 352 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY Poland

Poznan (or Posen), which is the capital of the Province of the same name, is a cathedral city on the River Wanta. The POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY is on the northern side of the town.

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