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Military service
Service number:
J/21218
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
69 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 5, 1922
Armstrong, British Columbia
Enlistment:
August 25, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 11, 1944
Melsbroek, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. 24. 8.
Additional information
Son of Dr. Peter Douglas and Florence Alice (nee Groves) Van Kleeck, of Armstrong, British Columbia. Brother of Captain John Douglas Van Kleeck, Barbara Alice, Frances Margaret and Winifred Mary Van Kleeck. His two uncles, Corporal John Stiby and Private Richard Ernest Groves both served and lost their lives in the First World War.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, CVSM and clasp.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 468 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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