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Military service
Service number:
R/62966
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
250 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 1, 1921
Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
September 30, 1940
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Death:
December 11, 1941
Tobrouk, Egypt
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 246.
Additional information
Son of I. Leslie and Gertrude B. Canty, of Hebron, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia.
He had service in Canada, England, in Libya, in Egypt. He completed 438 days of service, including 197 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, African Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Malcolm Allen Canty
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Malcolm Allen Canty
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Malcolm Allen Canty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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