In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Donald Alexander Ferguson

who died on 28 Feb 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
© South Saskatchewan Regiment
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R101891
  Date of death 19430228
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R101891 Flight Sergeant (No. 427 Lion Squadron RCAF Wellington bomb aimer) Donald Alexander Ferguson (b.1917) of Weyburn was KIA 19430228 over Saint-Nazaire, France, and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. He was the son of Angus Clifton and Nellie (Coutts) Ferguson. Donald was the district manager for the Saskatchewan Poultry Pool when he enlisted at Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1941.

JL Ward died on the same flight.
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  Donald Alexander Ferguson (© South Saskatchewan Regiment)
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 67 - Weyburn
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Weyburn
  Geo-memorial Ferguson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.0667°N / 103.05°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L3
  Geo-memorial details West of Cumberland House.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170503
  Place of birth Weyburn    
  Date of enlistment 19410507
  Place of enlistment Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Residence on enlistment Weyburn    
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