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Flight Lieutenant Donald Wallace

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Military service

Service number: J/17372
Age: 31
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth: December 29, 1912 Milestone, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: June 4, 1941 Edmonton, Alberta
Death: June 15, 1944 Bay of Biscay

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 244.
Additional information

Son of Thomas Arthur and Jessie Maud (nee Patience) Wallace of Regina, Saskatchewan.

Brother of Blair, Robin, Malcolm, Hugh, James, Hannah Mary, Katie Jean and Flight Sergeant John Wallace, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

The government of Saskatchewan honoured Donald and his brother John naming Wallace Bay, located in the eastern part of Lake Athabasca, in their honour.

Additional citations

1939-45 Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Maple Leaf. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 21 April 1947.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 471 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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