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Military service
Service number:
J/11043
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1666 Heavy Conversion Unit
Birth:
October 19, 1919
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 13, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 11, 1944
Sutton-on-Forrest, Yorkshire, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B. Row H. Grave 20.
Additional information
Son of James Samuel and Margaret Elizabeth (nee McCombe) Best of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of James Martin, Donald Paterson, Alan Johnston, Margaret and Elizabeth. Husband of Alice Patricia (nee Donovan) of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Manitoba Government honoured Flight Lieutenant Best by naming Best Islands for him.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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