In memory of

Pilot Officer

George Nelson Acton

who died on 26 Jun 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J18289
  Date of death 19430626
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J18289 Pilot Officer (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF air gunner) (George) Nelson Acton (b.1912) of Dorintosh was KIA 19430626 over Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery near Kleve. He was the son of George and Mary Mathilda (Pinder) Acton. Nelson was born at Thessalon, Algoma district, Ontario, moved to Unity with his parents in 1917, and took a homestead of his own at SE32-62-18-W3 north of Dorintosh in 1933. He farmed, trapped and freighted until he enlisted in 1942. Nelson's brother Norman served in the Army.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 588 - Meadow Lake
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Meadow Lake
Dorintosh
  Geo-memorial Acton Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.3°N / 104.9333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74P7
  Geo-memorial details North of Black Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19120302
  Place of birth Thessalon, Algoma district, Ontario    
  Date of enlistment 19420628
  Place of enlistment Saskatchewan    
  Residence on enlistment Dorintosh    
  Occupation ------
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