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Military service
Service number:
J/85269
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
September 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 1. 169-177.
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Farrell, John Patrick - Pilot Officer. Born 6th February, 1920, at Hamilton, Ont. Educated at Cathedtal High School, Hamilton. Entered the service of the Bank 8th March, 1937. Served at Hamilton city branches. Enlisted 8th February, 1941, from Delta (Hamilton) in R.C.A.F. Corporal 5th April, 1943; Pilot Officer in April, 1944. Trained at Toronto, and Dartmouth, N.S. Overseas in December, 1941. Attached R.A.F. Served with 417 Squadron in North Africa and Middle East. Attached to Headquarters, Middle East Command, R.C.A.F., in August, 1943. Killed on active service in Middle East 24th September, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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Letter of recommendation
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Original grave location
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Correspondence
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Patrick Farrell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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