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Joseph Francis MacKinnon

In memory of:

Lieutenant Joseph Francis MacKinnon

November 28, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

3590

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Flying Corps

Division:

65th Squadron

Additional Information


Born:

April 9, 1891
Nanaimo, British Columbia

Enlistment:

May 10, 1916
Shorncliffe, United Kingdom

His brothers Thomas and Michael MacKinnon also served during the First World War.

Commemorated on Page 579 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The Arras Flying Services Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of December 23, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59by326uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Photo of Joseph MacKinnon– This is a photo o  Lieut. Joseph Francis MacKinnon from my grandmother's ( Bridget Gertrude MacKinnon Adam) photo collection. He was her brother.
He was with the Royal Flying Corps, #3950.
 MIA on November 28, 1917.
Birthdate April 9, 1891 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
His two brothers, Thomas MacKinnon and Michael Vincent MacKinnon, also served in WW1.

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