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Bernard McPherson

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Bernard McPherson

September 25, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/19354

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

June 30, 1921
Cranbrook, British Columbia

Enlistment:

May 30, 1941
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Dougald and Daisy Ellen McPherson, of Kelowna, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 193 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot E. Row D. Grave 33.

Location:

Oran is an important seaport on the Algerian coast. LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Oran, about 4 kilometres from the Place Foch, in the centre of the town. The entrance is on the Avenue de Sidi Chami, where the road forks right to the Le Petit Lac. The United Kingdom and Commonwealth war plot lies about 180 metres from the entrance, on the right of the main path. The Cemetery Register is kept in the toolshed.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of BERNARD MCPHERSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province  c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of BERNARD MCPHERSON– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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