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Military service
Service number:
J/18216
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
418 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 21, 1919
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 18, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 247.
Additional information
Son of William R. and Gertrude (nee Purchase) MacFarlane; husband of Doris Emmie (nee Woodman) and father of Duncan MacFarlane, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. Brother of Alexander, Donald, Jean, Grace and Betty.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 13 January 1947.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance to Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Panels
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Duncan Walter MacFarlane - photo taken in London, England) -
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Biography
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Duncan Walter MacFarlane
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 372 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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