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Military service
Service number:
R/61113
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
82 Sqdn (RAF)
Death:
January 4, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 264.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Appleton and Nellie Mellis (nee Wood) Beirnes, of Tofield, Alberta. Brother of Squadron Leader Jack Rife Beirnes DFC*, killed in a flying accident in Denmark on 1 June 1945.
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15 December 1940 LAC -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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16 May 1941 - 4 Service Flying Training School, Saskatoon. Donald Wood Beirnes with his mother Nellie M. Beirnes, of Victoria, British Columbia, shortly after receiving his pilot's wings. -
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17 May 1941 - Newly promoted Sgt Donald Wood Beirnes boarding his train from Saskatoon to Halifax prior to shipping out to the UK. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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