Squadron Leader James Catanach (1921-1944)

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Birth

23 Nov 1921

Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia

Death

29 Mar 1944 (aged 22)

Kiel, Stadtkreis Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Burial

Old Garrison Cemetery

Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland Show Map

Plot

Coll. grave 9. A.

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One of the Great Escape participants.

400364 S/L James Catanach DFC, Australian, born 28-Nov-1921, 455 Sqdn (crash landed in Norway, 6-Sep-1942, Hampden I AT109), recaptured at Flensburg, murdered 29-Mar-1944 by Post, cremated at Kiel.

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Service No: 400364
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force, 455 Sqdn.
Honors: D F C, Mentioned in Despatches

Son of William Mercer Catanach and Ruby Catanach, of Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

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