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James Russell Hastings

In memory of:

Captain James Russell Hastings

September 2, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

102438

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

South African Air Force

Division:

47 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

July 25, 1908
Rouleau, Saskatchewan

Son of Hugh A. and Eleanora Hastings, of Regina, Saskatchewan. Previously served as Flt. Lieut., R.A.F..

Commemorated on Page 606 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MALTA MEMORIAL
Malta

Grave Reference:

Panel 12, Column 1.

Location:

The MALTA MEMORIAL is situated in the area of Floriana and is easily identified by the Golden Eagle which surmounts the column. It stands outside the King's Gate, the main entrance to Valletta. The Memorial takes the form of a column fifteen metres high of travertine marble from Tivoli in the Sabine Hills near Rome, incised with a a light reticulated pattern and surmounted by a gilded bronze eagle two metres high. The column stands on a circular base around which the names are commemorated on bronze panels. The MALTA MEMORIAL, built on a site generously provided by the Government of Malta, commemorates those who lost their lives whilst serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria, Italy, Sicily, islands of the Adriatic and Mediterranean, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, West Africa, Yugoslavia and Gibraltar, and who have no known grave. The bravery of the people of the island of Malta between the years 1940 - 1942 was honoured with the unique award of the George Cross.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of James Russell Hastings– This is a picture of James taken in Malta, 1943 and sent to his father my uncle Hugh Hastings

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