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Military service
Service number:
J/28462
Age:
34
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
295 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
January 13, 1910
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 29, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 28, 1944
Welford, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
48. J. 1.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Elsie Idiens, of Sandwick, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Province of British Columbia named Idiens Lake honouring the life of Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens. It is located on the west side of Cruikshank River, west of Comox Lake, in the Nelson Land District. A Bronze cairn, identifying Idiens Lake, was placed on the site by Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC) in 1965.
Born at Toronto; moved to Vancouver Island as a young boy; attended school at Courtenay then Victoria. He was involved with Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC) through the 1920's & 1930's. "Mr. Idiens was one of the first members of CDMC when it was formed in 1927...he pioneered skiing on Forbidden Plateau..."; CDMC president in 1938.
Idiens Creek, which flows north into Rees Creek in the Nelson Land District, British Columbia, was also named for Flying Officer Idiens.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
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Funeral
Last Post at funeral service for Flying Officer R. B. Idiens, Royal Canadian Air Force, England, May 3, 1944. Much like the airmen in this photograph, Gordon Hunter stood with his rifle at the grave side of a fellow airman who died in training at Brandon, Manitoba. Credit: Ruth Masters Courtesty of the Memory Project: www.thememoryproject.com -
Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteers Mike and Dale Symmonds -
Idiens Lake - showing Bronze Cairn
Photograph of Idiens Lake named for Richard Bertram Idiens with the bronze plaque commemorating the life of Richard Bertram Idiens. -
Idiens Lake - Bronze Cairn
Photograph of the plaque erected by the Comox District Mountaineering Club in 1965 honouring Richard Bertram Idiens. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Richard Bertram Idiens
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Attestation paper
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Attestation Paper
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Correspondence
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Richard Bertram Idiens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 342 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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