In memory of

Pilot Officer

John Handel Freestone

who died on 3 Sep 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J15424
  Date of death 19420903
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J15424 Pilot Officer (No. 419 Moose Squadron RCAF air gunner) John Handel Freestone (b.1912) of Waldron was KIA 19420903 and is buried at Warnant-les-Dinant communal cemetery, Namur, Belgium. Freestone's Wellington was shot down during a raid on Karlsruhe, Germany. He was the son of Francis Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Freestone. John was born at Long Clawson, Leicestershire, England, graduated from King's Grammar School at Grantham, Lincolnshire, and became a radio specialist before settling with his family on a farm at Waldron southeast of Melville. He was working as a fireman when he enlisted at Toronto, Ontario, in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 184 - Grayson
  Cemetery or memorial location Warnant communal cemetery, Namur, Belgium    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Freestone Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.45°N / 104.75°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P7
  Geo-memorial details West of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19120125
  Place of birth Long Clawson, Leicestershire, England    
  Date of enlistment 19400723
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Waldron    
  Occupation fireman
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