Dunn, Harvey Adam
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Harvey Adam |
Surname | Dunn |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-01-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Thomas Dunn and Catherine Dunn (née Bell) of Fordwich, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7857 |
Markings | VR-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 7. E. 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 158 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/99798 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Harvey was born at Grey County, Ontario on 24 August 1914. Both parents were born in Grey County, his father was unemployed and his mother died in 1940. He had a married sister Mabel. The schools he attended were Dundalk Public 1921-1927 followed by the High school 1927-1932. His sport interests were hockey, softball and soccer. Harvey’s main occupation was farming which he did for about six years. Between 1932-1937 he worked on the farm with his father until he sold up. For the next two years, 1937-1939 he tried working as a clerk in Toronto but disliked the work and became a Miller’s assistant for the next year. He then went back to farming until enlistment. |
He enlisted on 28 May 1941 and after finishing his training, was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Canada on 25 April 1942, arriving at 3 PRC on 9 May 1942. He then went to 10 A0S 26 May 1942, 22 OTU 23 June 1942 and to 419 Squadron on 9 September 1942. Harvey was to lose his life the following year on 9 January 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-01-1943 |
End Date | 10-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Mining off the Frisian islands |
Reason for Loss | Presumed lost over the sea |