In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

Joseph Alexander Barabonoff

who died on 20 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R129211
  Date of death 19431020
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  R129211 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 10 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) Joseph Alexander (Joe) Barabonoff (b.1923) of Toronto, Ontario, died 19431020 and is buried at Saint-Donat Roman Catholic cemetery, Québec. Barabanoff was one of 24 fliers who perished when their Liberator crashed during a flight from Gander to Dorval. A cairn has been erected to their memory on Black Mountain. Joe was the son of Alexander and Polly (Ziebin) Barabonoff, a Doukhobor couple who homesteaded NW18-35-30-W1 in the Whitebeech district north of Arran (Polly later retired to Vancouver). Joe was working as a fitter when he enlisted at Toronto in 1941.

SA Wood died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 331 - Livingston
  Cemetery or memorial location Saint-Donat Roman Catholic cemetery, MRC de Matawinie, Québec    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Barabonoff Lakes, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.2333°N / 107.4333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G3
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230201
  Place of birth Whitebeech    
  Date of enlistment 19410901
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Occupation fitter
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