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Military service
Service number:
R/18039A
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Death:
January 5, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row F. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of John E. Gayfer and Eva M. Gayfer, of Ingersoll, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
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Gravemarker
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Grave of John Gayfer. Photograph, taken in the 1940s, is part of the Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum collection. -
Photo of JOHN BURTON GAYFER
Detail part of a larger official RCAF photograph showing a flight crew. Photograph is part of the Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum collection. -
Group Photo
Official RCAF photograph showing a flight crew; John "Bud" Gayfer seen on the right. Photograph is part of the Ingersoll Cheese & Agricultural Museum collection. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer 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 -
Photo of JOHN BURTON GAYFER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Temporary grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Burton Gayfer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 75 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARMBY-ON-THE-MOOR (ST. CATHERINE) CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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