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Military service
Service number:
J/87464
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Boruf and Ingeborg Haaland, of South Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 324 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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PONTCHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Pontchateau is a town and commune 28 miles (46 kilometres) north-west of Nantes and about 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-east of St. Nazaire. It is situated at the junction of the main roads from Nantes to Vannes and St. Nazaire to Redon, and is on the Paris-Nantes-Quimper railway line. The cemetery is behind the cathedral. In the far corner, right and north of the entrance is the collective grave of 2 airmen of the Royal Air Force and 5 airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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