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Military service
Service number:
J/16516
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 8, 1917
Woodstock, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 2, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
June 22, 1943
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave II. F. 2.
Additional information
Son of John and Edna Hunter of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Russell John Hunter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 173 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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