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Flying Officer George Richard Nowell

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Military service

Service number: J/26775
Age: 21
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 21 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: April 21, 1924 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: April 23, 1945

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 3. Row 1. Grave 734.
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Son of Charles Edward and Emmie (née Tritton) Nowell, of St. Vital, Manitoba. He was the brother of Pamela Elizabeth and Ronald Charles who served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. He attested on 18 June 1942 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He stated he was single and employed as a chartered account.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 550 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SCHOONEBEEK (OUD SCHOONEBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands

Oud Schoonebeek is in the commune of Schoonebeek, about 17 kilometres due east of Coevorden, near the German border. The cemetery is 90 metres south of the church in Oud Schoonebeek, on the southern side of the road to the village of Nieuw-Schoonebeek. The graves are immediately south of the entrance.

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