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Name: |
APPLETON, Douglas Charles, MiD |
Nationality: |
Canadian |
Regiment/Service: |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
Rank: |
Flying Officer |
Service No.: |
J/18563 |
Date of Birth: |
22 January 1921 - Toronto, York, ON |
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Date of Death: |
28 January 2011 - Oakville, York, ON |
APPLETON, F/O Douglas Charles (J18563) - Mention in Despatches - Overseas - Award effective 8 June 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1729/44 dated 11 August 1944. Born 22 January 1921. Home in Toronto; enlisted there 9 October 1940. To No.1 ITS, 22 December 1940; graduated and promoted to LAC, 27 January 1941; to No.1 EFTS that date; ceased training and posted elsewhere, 15 February 1941; to No.1 AOS, 23 April 1941; to No.1 BGS, 21 July 1941; promoted Sergeant, 30 August 1941 and posted to No.2 ANS; graduated 28 September 1941; to No.31 OTU, 15 October 1941; to embarkation point, 14 November 1941; to RAF overseas, 8 December 1941. Commissioned 30 June 1942. Repatriated 23 December 1944; released 12 February 1945. No citation in AFRO.
SOURCE: Air Force Association of Canada website & Hugh Halliday (July 30, 2010).
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