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In Memory of
CUSTANCE JOHN PATRICK
Flying Officer: J/8832
Royal Canadian Air Force
who died 27 age
on 27 August 1943

Remembered with honour
AGIRA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY


Born 18 Set 1915, New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Son of James H. M. and C. Edgarda Custance, of New Westminster, British Columbia;
husband of Malvina Irene Custance, of New Westminster. B.A., B.Sc. (British Columbia).




Boston III aircraft AL742 crashed shortly after take-off about three miles east of the aerodrome at Gerbine, Sicily. The bomb load exploded on impact. Flying Officer Navigator Custance was buried in the British Military Cemetery at Catania, exhumed, and reburied in the War Cemetery, Agira, Enna, Sicily.
The other crewmembers were: Flying Officer Kenneth Arthur, Royal Air Force
Sergeant Peter Angelo Fricker, Royal Air Force
Warrant Officer I Donald Frank Newcombe, Royal Canadian Air Force.



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Name: Custance, John Patrick, J P
Rank: Flying Officer
Service: J/8832
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Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 27/08/1943
Age: 27
Grave Reference: C. D. 301
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Fallen Soldiers

Carleton and York Regiment, R.C.I.C.
AKERLEY, GEORGE L., G L
EATMAN, ARTHUR WALLACE, A W
GALLAGHER, OMAR BURTON, O B
LA POINTE, WALTER JAMES, W J
MAC DONALD, WALTER GORDON, W G
Mc CAULEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, W J
MORRIS, WILLIAM HENRY, W H

Royal Canadian Artillery
AMIRAULT, RESTHER JOSEPH, R J
ATTIS, JOSEPH WILFRED, J W
CHIASSON, URBAN JOSEPH, U J
DOWNING, FRANK FIDELLE, F F
HIGGINS, ARNOLD JOHN, A J
HUGHES, JOHN, J
JONCAS, LAURIER, L
OSBORNE, JAMES, J
STEEVES, CLIFFORD FRED, C F
STROME, FRANK GORDON, F G
TRITES, LEONARD CHESLIE, L C

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.
ARBOUR, WILLIAM, W
BESSERMAN, JACK, J
CHILVERS, HAROLD, H
DICKS, CHARLES WILLIAM JOSEPH, C W J
DOWNES, ROBERT, R
LAMPERT, MAX JOSEPH, M J
Mc CRIMMON, ARTHUR JAMES, A J
MILLER, WILLIAM SWEETMAN, W S
SIMMONS, JAMES HOWARD, J H
TAYLOR, VICTOR MARSHALL, V M
YOUNG, GEORGE ERNEST, G E

Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
BAIN, CLARENCE JESSE, C J
CRAVEN, GEORGE PHILIP, G P
ECKHARDT, RALPH STANLEY, R S
HEEREBOUT, REUBEN EARL, R E
HISCHUCK, MICHAEL, M
JARVIS, JOHN GUTHRIE, J G
POULTON, ALAN ROLAND, A R
SIMPSON, JOHN, J

Royal 22e Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BARRIEAU, HILAIRE, H
DUCHARME, JOSEPH MARCEL, J M
FORTIN, ROVILLE, R
McREA, CAMERON, C

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
BROAD, WILLIAM THOMAS, W T
CLACK, REGINALD, R
DOYLE, GORDON FREEMAN, G F
FIELDHOUSE, REGINALD, R E
GRAD, JOSEPH, J
HUNTER, RAYMOND, R H
LIVINGSTONE, ALLAN ARCHIBALD, A A
MORRISON, WILLIAM SOUTHARD, W S
ROBINSON, CLARENCE DAVID, C D
STORY, RUPERT RHOADES, R R
TERRY, FREDERIC WILLIAM, F W
WARNICA, GORDON, G

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
BROWN, CHARLES, C G
JINSSEN, HERMAN WILLIAM, H W
KROON, THEODORUS SENEDICTUS S. H., T S S H
QUICK, MILTON STEWART, M S
QUINN, ROBERT ARTHUR, R A

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BURFIELD ARNOLD NORMAN RICHARD, A N R
COCKIN, MAURICE HERBERT BATTLE, M H B
HUISH, FRANCIS MILTON, F M
KENNEDY, GEORGE, G M
LAWSON, HAROLD WILFRED, H W
Mc KENNA, PATRICK JOSEPH, P J
NUTLEY, CHARLES FREDERICK RUPERT, C F R

Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
BURY, WILLIAM GLEDSTANES, W G
CHILDS, ALFRED WILLIAM GEORGE, A W G
DAVISON, BRUCE DONALD, B D
HUFF, ANDREW, A
O'COFFEY, PATRICK FRANCIS, P F
PRATLEY, JOHN LESLIE, J L
ROBINSON, LAURENCE, L
WABISCA, EMERY, E
WALKER, WILLIAM, W

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
BUTCHER, FREDERICK JAMES, F J

Royal Canadian Regiment
BUTLER, JAMES MILFORD, J M
EVERITT, CHARLES ALEXANDER, C A
HEFFORD, GEORGE COLE, G C
HISCOX, WALTER CHARLES, W C
MADDISON, CLARENCE, C E
THOMS, ROLAND WILLIAM, R W

Royal Canadian Air Force
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM FREEMAN, W F
CLARK, JOHN WEMYSS, J W
CUSTANCE, JOHN PATRICK, J P
FEARNSIDE, JAMES, J
HALLIDAY, ROBERT HENRY, R H
KEITH, GOERGE NOEL, G N
KUNZ, JAMES JONATHAN, J J
LAZENBY, THOMAS HENRY, T H
ROZELL, GLEN EDWIN, G E
SHAW, ARTHUR EDWARD, A E
WESTMAN, ROBERT MORRIS, R M

Royal Canadian Engineers
CAREY, HUGH CAMPBELL, H C
JOHNSTON, LLOYD ALEXANDER, L A

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
DOBSON, HUGH WINSTON, H W
GOSSELIN, ALBERT JOHN CHARLES, A J C
KLASSEN, DIETRICH VICTOR, D V
ODDY, HERBERT, H
PEARSON, THOMAS, T
POULAIN, ADOLPHE LOUIS, A L

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DUCKETT, DENYS RICHARD, D R
LAWLOR, EDWARD JOHN, E J
PERREAULT, ALBERT, A

Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.
FITCH, MAURICE STOLESON, M S

West Nova Scotia Regiment, R.C.I.C.
GLODE, JOSEPH CYRES, J C
WARREN, JOHN HUGH, J H

Three Rivers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
LLOYD, ELLIS JAMES, E J
Mc INTYRE, DOUGLAS NEIL, D N

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Mc EWAN, THOMAS, T
STEPHENS, JOHN WILLIAM, J W

Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
RUPERT, EARL, E
TYDEMAN, THOMAS, T

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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