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Pilot Officer Albert Dorey

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Military service

Service number: J/94186
Age: 27
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 431 Sqdn.
Birth: August 24, 1917 London, Ontario
Enlistment: February 10, 1943 Ontario
Death: March 31, 1945 Hamburg, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 14. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Ernest and Florence Mable (née Bastard) Dorey, of London, Ontario. Lillian was his twin sister. He also had an older brother, Arthur, and a younger sister, Ivy who was still born. Husband of A. Jean (née Pierce) Dorey, of London, Ontario. Father of Margaret Ruth.

He took his training at No. 2 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoba; No 5 Bombing & Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan; and No 2 Wireless School in Calgary, Alberta and left for overseas on April 10, 1944. He was posthumously awarded his Operational Wings on February 7, 1947.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 510 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Germany

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY is 13 km south east of Soltau on the west side of the road from Hamburg to Hannover.

From Hannover travel north in the direction of Hamburg on the Autoroute No.7 for 80 km until the junction with Soltau Sud, this is in fact the junction of the A7 with the B3 Hannover to Hamburg road.

On leaving the A7 at Soltau Sud follow the B3 in the direction of Celle and Bergen. The cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 7 Km from the motorway junction.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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