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Flying Officer George Walter Lineker

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Citation(s);

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
1939-1945 Star
Africa Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Military service

Service number: 27168
Age: 27
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Tactical Group Headquarters
Birth: April 10, 1922 Edmonton, Alberta
Enlistment: September 10, 1940 Edmonton, Alberta
Death: August 21, 1949 Norway House, Churchill, Manitoba

Burial/memorial information

EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Soldiers Plot, Grove 20, Plot 198
Additional information

Son of Alfred Harold and Priscilla Adelaide (nee Kennett) Lineker of Edmonton, Alberta. Brother of Alfred, Donald, Robert, Terry and Priscilla Lineker and Mrs Joseph Sears.

Additional citations

Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Related media

Service in Canada (1867 – present)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 8 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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EDMONTON (BEECHMOUNT) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada

During the 1939-1945 War, Canadian Infantry troops were stationed at Edmonton. No.13 Vocational Training School was set up and the airfield formed a link in the North-West Staging Route. Most of the war graves lie in Blocks 206 and 208. The cemetery also contains a Cross of Sacrifice. There are now 5 First World War and over 70 Second World War casualties commemorated in this site.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Floyd Eugene George
Warrant Officer Class II
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/187228
Frank Joseph Mullan
Private
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
M/44856
George Abraham Keehn
Private
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
M/602598
George Arthur Little
Private
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
M/28820
George Cecil Cole
Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/50929
George David Drake
Corporal
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
M/44557
George Stanley Fletcher
Corporal
407 (Maritime Reconnaissance) Squadron
25517
George Walter Lineker
Flying Officer
Tactical Group Headquarters
27168
Gordon Harold Cabush
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/121935
Graham Archibald Smith
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/86955
Harold Edward White
Sergeant
Edmonton Fusiliers
M/30990
Harry Stanley Warrington
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
L/2439
Herbert Ince
Private
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
K/70956
Jack Frederick Sohnle
Private
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
M/56148
Jack Henry Bible
Able Seaman
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
V/12914
Jack Stannas Manfield
Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/50969
Jackson Roy Sutherland
Ordinary Seaman
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
V/91354
James Allen Wilson
Leading Aircraftman
Royal Canadian Air Force
71312
James Bell
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/93729
James Carson Broadbent
Corporal
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/140420
James Joseph Williams
Private
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
M/33984

 

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