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Military service
Service number:
J/1999
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
July 23, 1918
Lillooet, British Columbia
Enlistment:
May 9, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 2, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 1. Row 1. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of Acton O'Neill Daunt and Elizabeth Daunt, of New Westminster, British Columbia; husband of Marjorie Daunt, of Sydenham, Ontario. Brother of Henry Thomas, Mary Dorthea, Florence Elizabeth and Margaret Alice. Flying Officer Daunt attended New West Central Public School from 1924 to 1931, Duke of Connaught High School from 1931 to 1935 and the University of British Columbia in 1941. He enjoyed swimming, skating, rugby, boxing and skiing. His favorite hobby was auto mechanics.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
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Grave Marker
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Photo of Acton Daunt
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ACTON FARQUHAR DAUNT
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Photo of Acton Daunt
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kingston Whig-Standard. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Acton Farquhar Daunt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 151 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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