Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ira William MacLean
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant Ira William MacLean
August 7, 1964
Dijon, France
Military Service
33888
31
Air Force
No. 4 Wing
Canadian Forces Decoration, Special Service Medal
Additional Information
December 19, 1932
Hardwicke, New Brunswick
October 31, 1950
Moncton, New Brunswick
Son of Melborne Ira and Alice Isabel (nee Williston) MacLean of Blenheim, Ontario. Husband of Barbara Elizabeth(nee Kemp) MacLean and father of Todd William MacLean of Kingston, Ontario. Brother of John, Herbert, Ivy and Mrs E. Staton.
Commemorated on Page 122 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
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Grave 8, Row H, Plot 3
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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