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Military service
Service number:
C/609
Age:
45
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#2 Gunning and Gunnery School
Birth:
November 12, 1896
Haug
Enlistment:
February 12, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
January 19, 1942
Briercrest, Saskatchewan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. C. Plot 45. Lot E.
Additional information
Son of Pehr Hjalmar and Maria Elizabeth (nee Severson) Peterson, of Abbey, Saskatchewan; husband of Gertrude Ethel (nee McGrath) Peterson, of Regina, Saskatchewan. Brother of Berger, Runo, Anselm, Wilhelm and Herbert.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
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Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Arthur Peterson
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Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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