Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Alexander Dufton
In memory of:
Aircraftman 1st Class John Alexander Dufton
December 8, 1943
Military Service
R/253154
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Additional Information
Son of Wilbert Russell Dufton and Elizabeth S. Dufton, of Winnipeg.
Commemorated on Page 155 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Mil. Sec. Lot 1909.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Memorial – John Alexander Dufton is remembered on the No. 10 SFTS memorial located at the Dauphin, MB airport.
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