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Military service
Service number:
R/186214
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
July 20, 1924
Caledonia, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 26, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
June 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. F. 3.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Gilchrist Duns and Janet Duns, of Caledonia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
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Photo of Joseph P. Duns
Joseph P. Duns, son of Joseph and Janet Duns of Caledonia Ontario, brother of Craig G. Duns Joseph Duns was killed in air operations over Normandy, June 7, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Report from local newspaper, Grand River Scheme, which reported Joseph P. Duns as missing, June 7, 1944 -
Grave marker
Grave Marker of Joseph P. Duns <BR> Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France <BR> Grave Reference: IX. F. 3. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone taken in 2010 at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Taken by a friend in 2003 -
Cemetery
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Grave marker
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Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns 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 -
Photo of JOSEPH PEARSON DUNS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOSEPH PEARSON DUNS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Joseph Pearson Duns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 297 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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