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Hugh John Findlay

In memory of:

Flying Officer Hugh John Findlay

September 14, 1941
Acklington, Northumberland, England

Military Service

Service Number:

C/1179

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

406 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

June 6, 1913
Carleton Place, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 9, 1939
Ottawa, Ontario

Fondly known as 'Jock'. Son of David and Effie May (nee Hamilton) Findlay of Carleton Place, Ontario; husband of Jessie Maud Salmon (nee Carroll) Findlay and father of Mary Hamilton, of Westmount, Quebec. B.A. (McGill), LL.B (Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto), Barrister, Member of the Ontario Bar. Brother of Kenneth, David, Hamilton, George, Helen, Jean and Margaret. The Town of Carleton Place remembered Flying Officer Findlay by naming a street in his honour.

Commemorated on Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHEVINGTON CEMETERY
Northumberland, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. H. Grave 240.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Flying Officer Hugh John Findlay's obit from Montreal Gazette, September 16, 1941.

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  • Memorial– The 2004 book 'Fathers, Brothers and Sons' by Carleton Place author Larry Gray book outlines the stories of the town's Second World War dead.

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    Memorial – The 2004 book 'Fathers, Brothers and Sons' by Carleton Place author Larry Gray book outlines the stories of the town's Second World War dead.

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