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Donald Joseph Eugene Schmitz

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Donald Joseph Eugene Schmitz

June 5, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/94345

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

243 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 5, 1919
Bonaventure, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 9, 1940
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Arnold and Elizabeth Schmitz of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 438 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IV, A, 5.

Location:

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY is situated on the eastern side of Lake Bolsena, just west of the main road from Rome, 104 kilometres to the south, and Siena, 115 kilometres to the north. The Cemetery entrance can be clearly seen from the main road. The two nearest towns are Montefiascone, 8 kilometres to the south, and Bolsena on the shores of the lake, 7 kilometres to the north. The BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned. The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Group Photo– 243 Squadron, Corsica 1944. Scmitz second from right back row. My father (Paton) 5th from right.
  • Photo of DONALD JOSEPH EUGENE SCHMITZ– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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