In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Alfred George Lynds

who died on 5 Aug 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 43 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R87012
  Date of death 19420805
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R87012 Flight Sergeant (No. 43 Squadron RAF pilot) Alfred George Lynds (b.1918) of Sardis, British Columbia, was KIA 19420805 and is buried at Pont-Audemer communal cemetery, Eure, France. Lynds' Hurricane took off from Tangmere, West Sussex, England, and was never heard from again. He was the son of Dimock Bruce and Roseanna (Hill) Lynds (remarried as Mrs. Samways of Millerdale). Alfred was born at Ermine, attended Algoma and Astum schools and Saskatoon Tech and was farming near Chilliwack when he returned to Saskatoon to enlist late in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 319 - Winslow
  Cemetery or memorial location Pont-Audemer communal cemetery, Eure, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Lynds Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.4167°N / 106.65°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74O7
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Fond du Lac.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19181130
  Place of birth Ermine    
  Date of enlistment 19401227
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Sardis, British Columbia    
  Occupation farmer
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