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Military service
Service number:
107502
Age:
22
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
No. 1 Flying Training School
Birth:
June 7, 1946
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
November 24, 1966
British Columbia
Death:
March 13, 1969
Hecla Island, Manitoba
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave C - 2, Lot 256
Additional information
Son of Harry Nelson and Ruth Dineen (nee Aitken) Blake of Windsor, Ontario. Husband of Linda Louise (nee Thompson) Blake and father of Richard Anthony of Gimli, Manitoba.
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