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Maurice Ballard Dyer

In memory of:

Flying Officer Maurice Ballard Dyer

July 26, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/85469

Age:

31

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

November 22, 1912
Sutton, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 4, 1942
Montréal, Quebec

Son of Charles Chester and Jessie Louise (née Ballard) Dyer of Sutton, Quebec.

Cousins of Captain Royce Coleman Dyer, who died on December 30, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) and Private Charles Edward Dyer, who died on February 25, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 298 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY
Loiret, France

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Row B. Coll. grave 6-9.

Location:

Orleans is a large town and ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY is situated on the north-eastern side of the town.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flying Officer Maurice Ballard Dyer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Maurice Ballard Dyer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Maurice Ballard Dyer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Maurice Ballard Dyer 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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    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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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering cousins lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering cousins lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Maurice Ballard Dyer– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Maurice Ballard Dyer – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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