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Military service
Service number:
J/19164
Age:
32
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Squadron
Birth:
December 19, 1910
St. Eugene, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 15, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 16, 1943
Berlin, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. J. 8.
Additional information
Son of John Robert and Marguerite (née Marguerite Leduc) of Kingston, Ontario. Brother of Edward and Cecil Hurley.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Bomber Command Bar. <P> Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 8 October 1946. Bomber Command Bar, awarded 2013.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
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Photo of Harold James Hurley
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Photo of Harold James Hurley & Cecil Vincent Thomas Hurley
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Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J19164, (wearing RCAF issue sweater)
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Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J19164, (wearing RCAF issue sweater)
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RCAF #426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire)
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Pilot Officer, AG (Air Gunner), Harold James Hurley, J/19164, (Second from the left)
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Photo of Harold James Hurley
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Photo of Harold James Hurley
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Document
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Document
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Memorial
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Group Photo
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Memorial Cross
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Memorial Cross (Inscription)
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1939-45 Star
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Air Crew Europe Star
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War Medal 1939-45
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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
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Bomber Command Bar
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RCAF Operational Wing
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Flight Log Book
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Flight Log Book (Inside Cover)
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Flight Log Book (Record of Flights)
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Newspaper clipping
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Harold James Hurley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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