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Military service
Service number:
J/27123
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 14, 1917
Armenia
Enlistment:
June 10, 1938
British Columbia
Death:
June 25, 1944
Lisburg, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8.
Additional information
Adopted son of the Reverend Cecil Caldbeck Owen, B.A., and Alice (nee Grundy)Owen, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Mary Winnifred, Margaret, Mrs. H. Finan and Beatrice Parker.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FRUGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Fruges is a small town in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, located half way between Bethune and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. It is situated on the D928 road between St Omer and Hendin. The Cemetery is located by taking the road out of the town in the direction of St Omer. Turn right at the top of the hill onto the D104 towards Matrighem. The Cemetery is immediately on your right. The grave of the First World War casualty is located halfway between the entrance and the centre of the cemetery. The Second World War plots are situated at the extreme left hand front corner.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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