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Alburn Frederick Birkbeck

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Alburn Frederick Birkbeck

May 26, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/102142

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Charles and Lizzie Birkbeck, of Welwyn, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 26.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

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 Auburn Frederick Birkbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Auburn Frederick Birkbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Auburn Frederick Birkbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Auburn Frederick Birkbeck is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Alburn Frederick Birkbeck– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Alburn Frederick Birkbeck
    Photo of Alburn Frederick Birkbeck – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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