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Military service
Service number:
J/24170
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
550 Sqdn.
Birth:
May 17, 1917
Buenos Aires
Enlistment:
January 27, 1942
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
June 17, 1944
Veenendal, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 247.
Additional information
Son of Neil Hingle Neilson and Ellen Maud (nee Edwards) Neilson, of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 26 April 1947.
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Inscription
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … 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 -
Memorial
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fullerton Neilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 403 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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