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Military service
Service number:
J/92135
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 4, 1922
Brandon, Manitoba
Enlistment:
December 1, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 6, 1944
Duisburg-Hamborn, Beckestrasse, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of Harry F. and Marie L. Tazuk, of Chico, California, United States of America. Brother of Lloyd.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 3 February 1947.
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
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Pilot Officer John Edward Tazuk
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 459 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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