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Jack Paton Young

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Jack Paton Young

March 30, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/74870

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-45, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 5 July 1946.

Additional Information


Born:

December 16, 1915
North Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment:

October 25, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of John Paton Young and Jeannie Lockhart (née Ralston) Young. Brother of Agnes Kennedy of Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 229 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VORDEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 10.

Location:

Vorden is a village on the Zutphen-Groenlo road. It is 8 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. The VORDEN GENERAL CEMETERY is 1 kilometre north-east of the village, in the woods some 450 metres north of the road to Ruurlo. The graves are in a special pelouse d'honneur on the eastern side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Jack Paton Young is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Jack Paton Young is also 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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