In memory of

Flying Officer

John Raymond Bonneville

who died on 20 Feb 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J25732
  Date of death 19440220
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J25732 Flying Officer (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF Lancaster bomb aimer) John Raymond Bonneville (b.1920) of Swift Current was KIA 19440220 over Leipzig and is buried at Schoonselhof cemetery, Antwerpen, Belgium. He was the son of Arthur and Imelda (Castagnier) Bonneville of Meadow Lake and left a wife Rita (Layton) at Swift Current (she later moved to Vancouver). John was born at Shaunavon and was working as a clerk in a clothing sore when he enlisted at Regina in 1942.

E Dramnitzke died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 137 - Swift Current
  Cemetery or memorial location Schoonselhof cemetery, Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Bonneville Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.0833°N / 102.0167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64D1
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Reindeer Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200812
  Place of birth Shaunavon    
  Date of enlistment 19420625
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Swift Current    
  Occupation store clerk
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