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Murray Drysdale Stephen Hicks

In memory of:

Flying Officer Murray Drysdale Stephen Hicks

June 13, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/10024

Age:

36

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

June 11, 1907

Son of Archie Z. and Christian H. Hicks, of Calgary, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 170 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TUBBERGEN (REUTUM) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row U. Grave 1.

Location:

Reutum, a small village in the commune of Tubbergen, is 14 kilometres east of Almelo, lying about 1 kilometre south of the main Almelo-Ootmarsum road. The nearest convenient centre is Almelo. The Catholic church is in the centre of the village, and the cemetery immediately behind it. In the south-western part are the graves of 3 airmen of the Royal Air Force and 2 of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Murray Drysdale Stephen Hicks is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Murray Drysdale Stephen Hicks 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
  • Photo of Murray Hicks
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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