In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

James Ewart Bunn

who died on 24 Mar 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 297 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R203548
  Date of death 19450324
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R203548 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 298 Squadron RAF air gunner) James Ewart Bunn (b.1924) of Broadview was KIA 19450324 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, Germany. Bunn's Halifax crashed near Bocholt after dropping parachute troops for the crossing of the Rhine near Wessel. He was the son of Donald Norman and Mabel (Boustead) Bunn who farmed at 18-17-5-W2 north of Broadview. James was born on the farm, educated at Elcapo school and Broadview high and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina late in 1942. He married Hughena Marjorie (Mackay) at Blandford, Dorset, England, just eleven days before his death.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 154 - Elcapo
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Broadview
  Geo-memorial Bunn Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.65°N / 104.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P9
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19241107
  Place of birth Broadview    
  Date of enlistment 19421109
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Broadview    
  Occupation farmer
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