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Military service
Service number:
J/36936
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
December 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. F. 20.
Additional information
Born 12 August 1923 in Toronto, Ontario. Son of Henry James and Gladys Jeanetta (née Barlow) Reid of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the loving brother of Paul Barlow, Donald Kenneth, and Audrey Jeanetta. Husband of Helen (née Fielding) Reid and father of the son he never met, Kenneth Reid, grandfather of Sean Reid.
Flying Officer Reid attended Dewson Street Public School, Bloor Collegiate where he played basketball for his high school and was a dedicated player.
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Nephews of Allen James Reid
Allen James Reid & Donald Richard Reid -
Photo of Arthur James McCrimmon
Cousin of Allen James Reid<Br> Served with the 48th Highlanders of Canada <Br> Killed in Action - Sicily,<br> July 21, 1943 -
Son of Allen James Reid
Kenneth Reid -
Grandchild of Allen James Reid
Sean Reid -
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Parents of Allen James Reid
Henry James and Gladys Jeanetta (born Barlow) Reid -
Brother
Paul Barlow Reid<br> Royal Canadian Artillery<br> 1953 -
Brother
Petty Officer Donald Kenneth Reid<BR> Royal Canadian Navy<br> 1950 -
Photo of Durnbach War Cemetery
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Photo 2 of Durnbach War Cemetery
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Allen James Reid is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Allen James Reid is 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 -
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From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Allen James Reid
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Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Allen James Reid
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Flying Officer Allen James Reid
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 425 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.
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