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In memory of:

Flying Officer Melsom Henry Walter Gee

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Military service

Service number: J/18681
Age: 22
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 183 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: August 5, 1921 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: February 19, 1941 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: June 6, 1944 Caen, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XVII. B. 8.
Additional information

Son of Fred Nelson and Edith Minnie (nee Williams) Gee of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of John, Arthur, Edgar, Robert, David, Donaldson, Gladys and Mary.

Additional citations

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 13 of January 1947.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Banneville-la-Campagne is a village of Normandy, in the Department of the Calvados, some 10 kilometres east of Caen on the road towards Pont Audemer and Pont l'Eveque. The BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY is some 450 metres west of the village, on the south side of the road to Caen, and about 110 metres from the road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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