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Military service
Service number:
J/10796
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Squadron
Birth:
July 18, 1916
Beverley, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
June 23, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
November 19, 1943
English Channel
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 6. Row D. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of William Alexander and Annie Ethel Carefoot of Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Brother of Oscar, Herman, Murray, Elmer, Lloyd, Ola and Marie. He was single and worked on the family farm. He attended Simcoe Public School from 1921 to 1931 and Swift Current Collegiate from 1931 to 1932.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 10 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Garnet Oliver Carefoot
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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 Garnet Oliver Carefoot is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Garnet Oliver Carefoot is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Garnet Oliver Carefoot
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Garnet Oliver Carefoot
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Garnet Oliver Carefoot
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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