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Military service
Service number:
J/95167
Age:
29
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 11, 1914
Diamond City, Alberta
Enlistment:
December 12, 1942
Lethbridge, Alberta
Death:
August 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 252.
Additional information
Son of Leslie E. and Mary B. Pharis, of Magrath, Alberta.
Brother of Flying Officer Hampton Blaine Pharis, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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He was aboard Halifax MZ879 on August 31, 1944 whilst part of a crew to bomb ?le Cézembre, off the coast of Saint-Malo, France. The aircraft fell into the sea and there are no known graves. -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer George William Pharis is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer George William Pharis is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer George William Pharis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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