In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Donald Zander

who died on 31 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R115850
  Date of death 19430831
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R115850 Flight Sergeant (No. 102 Ceylon Squadron RAF air gunner) Donald Zander (b.1922) of Handel was KIA 19430831 and is buried at Rheinberg war cemetery north of Duisberg, Germany. Zander's Halifax went missing during an early morning raid on Monchen-Gladbach. He was the son of Otto and Marie (Sheppard) Zander who came from Howard Lake, Wright Co., Minnesota, to farm at NW16-36-20-W3 northwest of Handel. Donald was born at Leipzig and educated at Rhyl school and Concordia college, Edmonton, Alberta, before enlisting at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 349 - Grandview
  Cemetery or memorial location Rheinberg war cemetery, Duisberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Handel
  Geo-memorial Zander Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.65°N / 108.0833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74C9
  Geo-memorial details North of Frobisher Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220715
  Place of birth Leipzig    
  Date of enlistment 19410806
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Handel    
  Occupation student
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