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Military service
Service number:
J/7009
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
411 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 9, 1914
Minnedosa, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 12, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row A. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of George A. Eakins, K.C., and May J. Eakins, of Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada. B.A. (University of Manitoba).
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Paris Eakins
Cecil Pittman travelled with the Royal Winnipeg Riffles Association when they participated in the 40th Anniversary of the D day tour to the Normandy beaches (Juno Beach) in 1984, the Royal Winnipeg Riffles "pilgrimage" tour in 1989, the year the memorial was unveiled in the little village of Audrieu and the Royal Winnipeg Riffles 50th Anniversary tour in 1994. He also attended the unveiling ceremonies of the Juno Beach Memorial located in Normandy, France in June of 2003.<P> Mr. Pittman has researched information through the National Archives, military histories, former veterans and from any other materials he can locate. In 2002, he completed 104 stories for the Manitoba Geographical Names Program (Lakes, Rivers, Islands, etc are named after Manitoba's world War II and the Korean Conflict casualties) Several soldier's photo from his collection were included with these stories in the Map Branch's publication "A Place of Honour".<BR> -
Biography
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Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
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Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
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Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
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Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
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Pilot Officer Paris Richmond Eakins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 71 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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