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Military service
Service number:
R/266317
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 19, 1918
Creighton Mine, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 22, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 15, 1945
Bad Grund, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. G. 12.
Additional information
Son of John Joseph and Margaret (née Tessier) of Westree, Ontario. Brother of Clarence, Lawrence, Joseph, Charles, Vincent, Morris, Gerald, Richard, Mary Jane and Angeline.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Mentioned in Despatches.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
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Our hero, our brother and our friend. We will always remember you.<br>Love, your family and friends. -
Photo of Francis Joseph Marsh
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Francis Joseph Marsh
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Francis Joseph Marsh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 539 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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