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Military service
Service number:
J/6144
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Squadron
Birth:
October 15, 1917
Gourock, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 10, 1940
Manitoba
Death:
March 30, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. C. 2.
Additional information
Son of James C. Wernham and Flora (nee Murray) Wernham, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He was one of six Canadian airmen shot after being recaptured during an escape from Stalag Luft 3.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 475 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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