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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.
Additional information
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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