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Military service
Service number:
R/184325
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8. D. 26-29.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Boyter Lees and Eva Marion Lees, of Walford Station, Ontario.His brother, Eli Arthur Lees, served with The Royal Regiment of Canada, and died on July 18, 1944.
Digital gallery of Sergeant George Douglas Lees
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Photo of GEORGE DOUGLAS LEES
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GEORGE DOUGLAS LEES
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
Sergeant George Douglas Lees is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant George Douglas Lees 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 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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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.
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