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Military service
Service number:
J/95525
Age:
21
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
April 18, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 280.
Additional information
Son of Richard and Catherine Dunnigan, of Merritt, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
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Photo of WILLIAM JOHN DUNNIGAN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Merritt War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan 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
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William John Dunnigan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 511 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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