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Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray

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Military service

Service number: R/58225
Age: 20
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: January 21, 1922 Trail, British Columbia
Enlistment: June 28, 1940 British Columbia
Death: February 27, 1942

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Sec. G. Grave 63.
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Son of John Balfour and Wilhelmina Gray (1969 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Nelson, British Columbia. Brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson, British Columbia.

Brother of Phyllis Gray-Gautschi of Nelson, British Columbia.

His brother Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray was killed in action on August 9, 1945 while serving with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his actions on August 9, 1945.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 77 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DONCASTER (ROSE HILL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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