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Donald Leroy Redfern

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Donald Leroy Redfern

August 4, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/144142

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Otto Leroy Redfern and Henrietta Jane Redfern, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY
Berkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot I/2. Grave 31.

Location:

Botley is 2 miles west of the city of Oxford in the civil parish of North Hinksey. Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley interchange and take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards along on the right hand side.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of DONALD LEROY REDFERN– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of DONALD LEROY REDFERN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Donald Leroy Redfern is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Donald Leroy Redfern is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker– Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.

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    Grave marker – Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project.

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