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Donald Fletcher Campbell

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Donald Fletcher Campbell

January 7, 1945
Hodrodberg, France

Military Service

Service Number:

R/268487

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Operational Wings.

Additional Information

Born:

July 27, 1919
Balcarres, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

September 1, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of William Marquis Campbell and Harriet Sketchley, of Kelowna, British Columbia.

He previously served with the Royal Canadian Navy, service number N-21750, from 15 July to 25 October 1940. He was released from the navy on medical grounds and he served with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, service number K-490647, from 27 May to 31 August 1943, before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force. He had 598 days of service, including 228 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 501 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MUNSTER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Haut-Rhin, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Munster is a small town on the Colmar-Gerardmer road (N.417). The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town, on the D.10 road to Gunsbach. West of the lodge in the centre of the cemetery, and on the north-western side of the Military Plot, is the collective grave of 7 airmen. One of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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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    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 Sergeant Donald Fletcher 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 Fletcher Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Donald Fletcher 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 Fletcher Campbell is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Communal Gravesite– Communal gravesite in Munster, Germany.

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    Communal Gravesite – Communal gravesite in Munster, Germany.

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