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Ian Thompson Machum

In memory of:

Aircraftman 1st Class Ian Thompson Machum

January 16, 1943
Aldergrove, British Columbia

Military Service


Service Number:

R/137676

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

14 Squadron

Citation(s):

War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp

Additional Information


Born:

April 23, 1921
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

September 30, 1939
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Son of John and Laura A. Machum, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of Warrant Officer II Donald Blair Machum, RCAF, deceased 29 May 1944, Gene Elizabeth Fairchild, and Sheila Laurane.

Commemorated on Page 184 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HALIFAX (CAMP HILL) CEMETERY
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. F. Lot 5. Div. C.C.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Cemetery– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Family gravemarker– Inscription to the memory of Donald Blair Machum and Ian Thompson Machum on the family grave marker in Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax Nova Scotia.  Ian Thompson Machum is buried in the plot adjacent to that of his parents.
  • Grave marker

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