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Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Dedication of memorial in North Portal, Saskatchewan, with his mother present, 1927
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
1917
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Memorial at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, where JD Dunbar died during combat training. Course was converted to an aerodrome during the war.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Memorial at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, where JD Dunbar died during combat training. Course was converted to an aerodrome during the war.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Memorial in North Portal, Saskatchewan, 2019
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
JD Dunbar's first grave marker.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
JD Dunbar's present grave
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
John David Dunbar, born Sept 3, 1897, in Wawanesa, MB, circa 1918
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
JD Dunbar's Royal Flying Corps Service Record, page 2. Note that his Occupation in Civil Life is listed as a student of Moose Jaw College, from September 1915 to June 1917. Moose Jaw College was founded in 1911 and closed in 1931.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Jessica Mundie visits the memorial to JD Dunbar (her great grand uncle) on the 100th anniversary of his death in World War One.
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
JD Dunbar's Royal Flying Corps Service Record, page 1
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Commemorative stone for JD Dunbar at Trenton (Ont.) National Air Force Museum. Thomas How was a Wellington bomber tail gunner, and died in World War II. Two generations after their deaths Dunbar and How would be related by marriage (Catherine Lawrence and John Mundie.)
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar
Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar died in Sopwith Dolphin, E-4437; the wings folded up while diving at a raft firing target during aerial gunnery practice. He crashed in the sea, his body was not recovered. Model image of Sopwith Dolphin provided by his grand nephew John Mundie.
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Dedication of memorial in North Portal, Saskatchewan, with his mother present, 1927
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1917
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Memorial at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, where JD Dunbar died during combat training. Course was converted to an aerodrome during the war.
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Memorial at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, where JD Dunbar died during combat training. Course was converted to an aerodrome during the war.
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Memorial in North Portal, Saskatchewan, 2019
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JD Dunbar's first grave marker.
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JD Dunbar's present grave
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John David Dunbar, born Sept 3, 1897, in Wawanesa, MB, circa 1918
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JD Dunbar's Royal Flying Corps Service Record, page 2. Note that his Occupation in Civil Life is listed as a student of Moose Jaw College, from September 1915 to June 1917. Moose Jaw College was founded in 1911 and closed in 1931.
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Jessica Mundie visits the memorial to JD Dunbar (her great grand uncle) on the 100th anniversary of his death in World War One.
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JD Dunbar's Royal Flying Corps Service Record, page 1
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Commemorative stone for JD Dunbar at Trenton (Ont.) National Air Force Museum. Thomas How was a Wellington bomber tail gunner, and died in World War II. Two generations after their deaths Dunbar and How would be related by marriage (Catherine Lawrence and John Mundie.)
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Second Lieutenant John David Dunbar died in Sopwith Dolphin, E-4437; the wings folded up while diving at a raft firing target during aerial gunnery practice. He crashed in the sea, his body was not recovered. Model image of Sopwith Dolphin provided by his grand nephew John Mundie.
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