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David Smith Geddes

In memory of:

Corporal David Smith Geddes

July 17, 1951
Sunnybrook, Ontario

Military Service


Service Number:

24601

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

No. 2 Technical Training School

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM)

Additional Information


Born:

August 11, 1922
Lisle, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 1, 1946
Trenton, Ontario

Son of Anson J. and Emily I. Geddes of Lisle, Ontario. Husband of Mary Kathleen Geddes. Father of Malcolm, Terry, Steven, Colleen Geddes of Lisle, Ontario. Brother of John R., Anson C., Sydney R., Juan R., Anne Geddes, and Mrs J. Ormay.

Commemorated on Page 20 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GLENCAIRN VILLAGE CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

N.W. Corner, The Green Family Plot

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Grave of Corporal David S. Geddes, Royal Canadian Air Force, in the Glencairn Cemetery, 9034 Webster Road, Glencairn, Ontario.  (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
  • Grave Marker– Marker at the grave of Corporal David S. Geddes in the Glencairn Cemetery, 9034 Webster Road, Glencairn, Ontario.  (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
  • Newspaper Clipping– This news report appeared in the Barrie Examiner newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 1, on Thursday, July 19, 1951.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1951. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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