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Military service
Service number:
J/8165
Age:
29
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 12, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 22, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
March 5, 1945
Chemnitz, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 278.
Additional information
Son of Bruce Dow Ross and Elsie Mary (nee Virgo)Ross, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of Catherine Mary (nee Robertson) and father of Beverley Dawn Ross, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Gordon, Margaret, Shirley and Dorothy.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 14 of February, 1947.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
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Id Card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DONALD ALEXANDER ROSS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Donald Ross
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Memorial Plaque
Plaque erected in the sanctuary of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Broadview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Memorial Chimes were also dedicated "In memory of those of our number who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in World War II, 1939-1945." -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … 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 -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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