In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Wallace Bruce Ballantyne

who died on 9 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R98593
  Date of death 19431009
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R98593 Flight Sergeant (No. 434 Bluenose Squadron RCAF air gunner) Wallace Bruce Ballantyne (b.1922) of Unity was KIA 19431009 and is buried at Hamburg war cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany. Ballantyne's Halifax was shot down during a raid on Hanover. He was the son of William Graham and Ethel Florence (Turner) who came from Smiths Falls, Lanark Co., Ontario. Wallace was farming when he enlisted at Saskatoon early in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 410 - Round Valley
  Cemetery or memorial location Hamburg war cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Ballantyne Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.1833°N / 107.5333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G4
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220116
  Place of birth Unity    
  Date of enlistment 19410327
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Unity    
  Occupation farmer
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