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Donald Edward Campbell

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell

June 26, 1943
At sea, off Haarlingen, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

R/142311

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

Operational Wings, 1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

January 20, 1920
Rouleau, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

December 3, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Thomas John Campbell and Edna Alice Britton, of Zeilandia, Saskatchewan. He got his basic training with the army, service number L-602122, under the 1940 National Resources Mobilization Act, number M-18511 of Notice of Call. Lost at sea on 26 June 1943, his body was washed ashore and found on 8 July 1943 in Haarlingen, Netherlands, where he was buried. His two brothers also served overseas during the Second World War with the Royal Canadian Air Force; Frederick Campbell and S.J. Campbell. They both survived the war.

Commemorated on Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot E. Row 4. Grave 12.

Location:

Harlingen, a town and port on the seaboard of the Waddenzee 38 kilometres west of Leeuwarden and 28 kilometres north-west of Sneek, is the port for the Frisian Islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. The HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the town, about 1 kilometre from the station. The British plot is to the left of the main path in the south-western part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Campbell 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

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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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  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The NetherlandsStirling aircraft BK 699 was airborne 2335 25Jun43 from Mildenhall. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 0221 into an area known locally as the Dantziggat, S of Ameland. Six of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, but Sgt Campbell's body was found 8Jul43 near Harlingen and is buried in the General Cemetery. (//lostbombers.co.uk)

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The NetherlandsStirling aircraft BK 699 was airborne 2335 25Jun43 from Mildenhall. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 0221 into an area known locally as the Dantziggat, S of Ameland. Six of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, but Sgt Campbell's body was found 8Jul43 near Harlingen and is buried in the General Cemetery. (//lostbombers.co.uk)
  • Cemetery– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

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    Cemetery – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands

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