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Military service
Service number:
R/92540
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
185 Squadron
Birth:
February 28, 1922
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
February 12, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 13, 1942
25 miles north of Grand Harbor, Malta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 5, Column 2.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and the late Alexandra (née Harper) MacLeod of Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Formerly of Calgary, Alberta. Brother of Private John Harper MacLeod, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, killed in action 26 December 1943.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Africa Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 25 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Alexander Owen MacLeod
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Photo of Alexander Owen MacLeod
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Owen MacLeod
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Owen MacLeod
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Alexander Owen MacLeod
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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