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1920 - 1942 (21 years)
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Name |
Donald Archibald Blue [1, 2] |
Birth |
27 Jun 1920 |
Montréal, Québec, Canada [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Enlisted |
13 Jun 1940 |
Fact |
13 Jun 1940 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Address: 196 Cobourg Street |
Residence |
13 Jun 1940 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Address: 196 Cobourg Street |
Death |
6 May 1942 |
Wellesbourne, England [2] |
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Donald Archibald Blue
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Obittuary |
7 May 1942 |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Fact |
#20 Operational Training Unit [2] |
Fact |
Flight Sergeant [1, 2] |
Fact |
R/54195 [2] |
Fact |
Royal Canadian Air Force [2] |
Burial |
Aft 6 May 1942 |
Warwickshire, United Kingdom [2] |
Address: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY |
- Grave Reference: Grave 4180.
Location: Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.
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Donald Archibald Blue
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Person ID |
I125296 |
Lowertown |
Last Modified |
13 Jun 2021 |
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Notes |
- Son of Walter Edward and Maude Deacon (nee Rankin) Blue, of Ottawa, Ontario. As a former member of The Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Aylmer, Quebec; Sergeant Blue is commemorated on a plaque in the entrance to the club. [2]
- Commemorated on of the Second World War Book of Remembrance .
- Citation(s): Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. [2]
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Sources |
- [S3421] .
Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
- [S3438] (Reliability: 3).
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM)
- [S3453] (Reliability: 3).
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