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Flight Sergeant Oscar Frederick Newton

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Military service

Service number: R/103037
Age: 26
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: July 28, 1918 Havelock, Ontario
Death: December 26, 1944 Nassonge, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Coll. grave 5. A. 5-7.
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Son of Joseph Oscar and Bessie (nee Saltern) Newton, of Havelock, Ontario. Brother of Hazel Shannon. Husband of Myrtle Elizabeth (nee Henderson) and father of Darelene Jean Newton, of Havelock, Ontario. Brother-in-law of Warrant Officer Class II, Gordon Henderson, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed on takeoff on 12 September 1943.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 404 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY Belgium

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven.

Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort.

Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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