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John Alexander Mactavish McLeish

In memory of:

Flying Officer John Alexander Mactavish McLeish

August 28, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/9562

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

428 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 27, 1920
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 5, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Angus G. McLeish and Mary McLeish, of Hamilton, Ontario.

Brother of Duncan and Wing Commander Wallace Angus Grayton McLeish, who died on June 20, 1957, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 192 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

9. E. 11.

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Alexander MacTavish McLeish– Free domain archive image

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    Photo of John Alexander MacTavish McLeish – Free domain archive image
  • Memorial– Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLeish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLeish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLeish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLeish is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Took a picture of the gravestone while visiting the cemetery.

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    Grave marker – Took a picture of the gravestone while visiting the cemetery.
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