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Military service
Service number:
J/20410
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
406 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 22, 1921
Cranbrook, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 13, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
April 5, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 278.
Additional information
Son of the Revd. Thomas Elmer Kennedy and Anna Louette Kennedy, of Rodney, Ontario.
Brother of Flying Officer William Elmer Kennedy, who died during service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
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Memorial
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
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Family Memorial
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Photo of John Kennedy
John "Jack" aka "JB" Ballantyne Kennedy from LAC Ottawa -
Photo of John Kennedy
John "Jack" aka "JB" Ballantyne Kennedy from LAC Ottawa -
Service book
John B. Kennedy RCAF Service Book -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Toronto Telegram. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of John Ballantyne Kennedy
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Ballantyne Kennedy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 530 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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