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Military service
Service number:
J/90643
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
11 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 24, 1944
Imphal, Manipur, India
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of F. Floyd Fairles and Dunelda E. Fairles, of Stouffville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Martin Leland Fairles
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Pilot Officer Fairles on right
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In training
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Cemetery
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Photo of Martin Leland Fairles
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
PO Fairles in Burma -
Photo of Martin Fairles
Studio portrait ML Fairles -
Funeral
PO Fairles burial 1944 -
Group Photo
SGT Fairles in front of fighter.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY India
Imphal, the capital of Manipur State, which is in North East India and borders on Upper Burma, is roughly in the centre of the plain which constitutes a large portion of the State. IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY is approximately 2 kilometres from the town on the Kohima road. The nearest landmark is Hotel Imphal.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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