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Donald Ivan McKiel

In memory of:

Sergeant Donald Ivan McKiel

June 26, 1941

Military Service


Service Number:

R/64779

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Ivan D. McKiel and Bertha M. McKiel, of Moncton, New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 38 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
Moray, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 10. Row A.

Location:

Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, is half a mile north-west of Kinloss railway station between Kinloss and Findhorn Bay. The burial ground contains the ruins of an abbey founded by David I in the year 1150. There was a Royal Air Force Training Station at Kinloss aerodrome during the 1939-1945 War. During the early part of the 1939-1945 War a special plot was set aside for service war burials, and all but three of the war graves are in this plot. A Cross of Sacrifice is erected at the far end of the plot overlooking the graves.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Sergeant Donald Ivan McKiel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Donald Ivan McKiel 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
  • Photo of DONALD IVAN MCKIEL– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground
  • Memorial
  • Inscription
  • Grave Marker
  • Frederiction War Memorial
  • Inscription
  • Photo of Donald McKiel– Submitted by Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Donald Ivan McKiel– Donald Ivan on leave

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