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Military service
Service number:
J/9524
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
44 (R.A.F.) Rhodesia Sqdn
Birth:
August 25, 1922
Sceptic, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 24, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 1. Grave 1.
Additional information
Son of George Bertram and McDonald of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Brother of Orral James of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Beth of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Mrs. Margaret James of McDonald, Manitoba. Grandson of Mrs. Jessie MacKay of Clandeboye, Manitoba. Pilot Officer McDonald won the Governor General's Medal for the Province of Saskatchewan for his standings in Grade 12 final exams for the province.
Additional citations
Air Observer Badge awarded 24 November 1941.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Gordon Cameron McDonald
Gordon at 16 OTU, RAF Upper Heyford, Course No.35- April 1942 -
Photo of Gordon Cameron McDonald
Gordon at 16 OTU, RAF Upper Heyford, Course No.35- April 1942
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Gordon Cameron McDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 96 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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