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Hector Joseph McEachern

In memory of:

Flying Officer Hector Joseph McEachern

July 7, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/27407

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

January 10, 1919
New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

June 18, 1942
Truro, Nova Scotia

Son of Alex Neil McEachern and Elizabeth Ann McEachern, of New Waterford, Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 385 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave I. C. 6-10.

Location:

Banneville-la-Campagne is a village of Normandy, in the Department of the Calvados, some 10 kilometres east of Caen on the road towards Pont Audemer and Pont l'Eveque. The BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY is some 450 metres west of the village, on the south side of the road to Caen, and about 110 metres from the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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

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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– Flying Officer Hector Joseph McEachern is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Hector Joseph McEachern is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Hector Joseph McEachern is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Hector Joseph McEachern is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HECTOR JOSEPH MCEACHERN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HECTOR JOSEPH MCEACHERN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Commemorative Album Cover

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    Commemorative Album Cover
  • Commemorative poem

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    Commemorative poem
  • Group photo– No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School in Jarvis Ontario. Graduating Class Photo, May 1943. Hector McEachern is third from left in front row.

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    Group photo – No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School in Jarvis Ontario. Graduating Class Photo, May 1943. Hector McEachern is third from left in front row.
  • Temporary Grave Marker– Original temporary grave marker for British and Canadian airmen killed in France and buried in a communal grave..

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    Temporary Grave Marker
    Temporary Grave Marker – Original temporary grave marker for British and Canadian airmen killed in France and buried in a communal grave..

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