Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Samuel Richard Balden
In memory of:
Observer Samuel Richard Balden
May 15, 1942
Military Service
J/8602
30
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
407 Sqdn.
Additional Information
January 22, 1912
Chigasaki, Japan
October 6, 1941
Son of William Fisher Balden and Elizabeth Balden.
Commemorated on Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany
3. F. 3.
Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Samuel Balden – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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