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Military service
Service number:
R/97047
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
23 OTU (RAF)
Birth:
November 18, 1921
Lesmahagow, Scotland
Enlistment:
February 28, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 28. C. 13-15.
Additional information
Son of Matthew and Mary Donaldson, of Shallow Lake, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
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Photo of John Donaldson
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
War Memorial
The War Memorial in Shallow Lake, Ontario. Flight Sergeant John Donaldson's name is included in the list of Shallow Lake's WWII honoured dead. -
Inscription
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson's name is included in the list of Shallow Lake's WWII honoured dead at the War Memorial in Shallow Lake, Ontario, Canada. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Donaldson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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