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Flying Officer Paul Douglas Sankey

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Military service

Service number: 96003
Age: 20
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: No. 3 Advanced Flying School
Birth: June 30, 1943 Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment: January 8, 1963 Ontario
Death: May 13, 1964 Gimli, Manitoba

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Grave 168, Row 27, Plot G
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Son of Douglas Ernest Eric and Enid Agnes Joyce (nee Doran) Sankey of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Lorne, Cheryl and Melva Shankey.

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.

The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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