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Flight Sergeant John Maccauley Rae

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Military service

Service number: R/221847
Age: 23
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 Sqdn.
Birth: January 8, 1922 Chater, Manitoba
Enlistment: March 8, 1943 British Columbia
Death: January 28, 1945 Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Coll. grave 8. C. 9-11.
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Son of Harvey MacDuff and Laura Mae Rae of Brandon, Manitoba.

Brother of Private Ronald Rae, who died while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada and of Flight Sergeant James Douglas Rae, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 556 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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