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Military service
Service number:
J/9116
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
December 9, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot V.T. Lot 87. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of James D. MacMaster and Donalda MacMaster, of Port Perry.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Glenn MacMaster
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Photo of John MacMaster
MacMaster, John Glenn - Flying Officer. Born 27th April, 1922, at Port Perry, Ont. Educated at Port Perry. Entered the service of the Bank 4th July, 1938. Served at Port Perry. Enlisted 5th April, 1941, from that branch in R.C.A.F, Pilot Officer 1st December, 1941; Flying Officer in October, 1942. Trained at Toronto, Picton, Ont., Victoriaville, Que., Stanley and Moncton, N.B.; Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Pennfield Ridge, N.B. Posted to seaplane base at Dartmouth, N.S., in March, 1942. Transferred to Botwood, Nfld., and later to Shelburne, N.S., with Coastal Command. Killed in a crash landing near Halifax 9th December, 1942. (Flying Officer MacMaster was a championship hockey player and yachtsman). <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of JOHN GLENN MACMASTER
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer John Glenn MacMaster
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Glenn MacMaster
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Glenn MacMaster
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Glenn MacMaster
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Commemorated on:
Page 93 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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