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Military service
Service number:
J/25702
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
620 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
January 4, 1922
Huron County, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 11, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 4, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave XI. D. 3-11.
Additional information
Son of James Orville Habkirk, and of Mabel M. Habkirk, of Wingham, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Ramsay Mckenzie Habkirk
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Photo of Ramsay Habkirk
Habkirk, Ramsay MacKenzie - Flying Officer. Born 4th January, 1922, at Wingham, Ont. Educated at Wingham Public and High Schools. Entered the service of the Bank 2nd July, 1940. Served at Wingham. Enlisted 7th March, 1942, from that branch in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in August, 1943; Flying Officer in February, 1944. Trained at Toronto, and St. Johns, Que. Overseas in August, 1943. Reported (10th August, 1944) missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead 24th September, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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From Bayeux, take the D6 southeastwards for about 12 kilometres to Tilly-sur-Seulles. In the centre of the town, turn right (westwards) onto the D13. The cemetery will be found after about 1 kilometre on the left hand side.
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