In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Francis Xavier Joseph Dunajski

who died on 13 Oct 1942


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R94590
  Date of death 19421013
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R94590 Flight Sergeant (No. 10 Squadron RAF observer) Francis Xavier Joseph Dunajski (b.1918) of Dilke was KIA 19421013 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. Dunajski's Halifax failed to return from a raid on Kiel, Germany. His parents John and Johanna (Hernig) Dunajski came from Prussia to Muenster, where Francis was born, in 1913 and moved to Dilke seven years later to farm. He taught at Liberty and Findlater, and was the principal at Benson when he enlisted at Regina early in 1941. Francis' brother Irwin served with the RCAF and another brother Felix was with the Army.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 221 - Sarnia
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Dilke
  Geo-memorial Dunajski Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.005°N / 104.615°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P2
  Geo-memorial details On behalf of the family Doug Chisholm installed a memorial plaque at Dunajski Lake north of Wapawekka Lake in 2001.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19181214
  Place of birth Muenster    
  Date of enlistment 19410228
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Dilke    
  Occupation teacher
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