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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.

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