Profile image
Military service
Service number:
J/9497
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant Navigator
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Death:
March 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 11. J. 3-5.
Additional information
Son of Clement and Mary Ella Digney, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. B.Sc., Chemical Engineering.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Navigator Roderick Joseph Digney
-
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RODERICK JOSEPH DIGNEY
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RODERICK JOSEPH DIGNEY
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Roderick Joseph Digney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Navigator Roderick Joseph Digney 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Roderick Joseph Digney
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 291 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Jack Thomas Hamer
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/118223
James Allister Wright
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/9698
James Arthur Bleich
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/36313
James Arthur Studer
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/14875
James Cameron Munro
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/36591
James Chandler Horne
Warrant Officer Class II
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/150952
James Clifford Frizzell
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/11609
James David Sharples
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
19986
James Gordon Bennett
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/143404
James Harold Freeman
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/85875
James Harold Tovey
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
92996
James Henry Fitch
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/157039
James McDonald
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/175198
James Paul Erly
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/3264
James Stanley Marks Gibb
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/94402
James Theodore Roach
Warrant Officer Class II
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/137561
James Walter Pellant
Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/95470
Jean Paul Herbert Terreau
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/27926
Jean Robert Roy
Warrant Officer Class II
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/56194
John Alexander Mactavish McLeish
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/9562
John Anthony O'Brien
Flying Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/29718
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.