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     He was born on 17 June 1922 at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.^6,7,1,3,8 Jack married Margit Knudson on 6 August 1944 at Lutheran Church, Elbow, Saskatchewan, Canada.^9,3,10
     Jack Douglas Allcock died on 11 February 2002 at age 79.^8,11
     He was commonly known as Douglas^7,2 ; and, Doug.³ He, a cousin of the bride,was listed as a guest at the marriage of Charles Leslie Denison and Frances Roberta Elliott on 6 October 1941.¹²
     In the obituary of Thomas Everett Allcock who died 1 February 1958, his son, J. D. Allcock, was listed as a survivor.⁵
     Jack Douglas Allcock was described as farmer circa 1974 at Kerrobert, RM of Progress No. 351, Saskatchewan, Canada.²
     In the obituary of Ethel Gertrude Allcock who died 8 September 1980, his son, Douglas Allcock, was listed as a survivor.⁴
     In the obituary of Sylvia May Weeks who died 24 September 1996, her brother, Doug Allcock, of Kerrobert, was listed as a survivor.¹³
     In the obituary of Mary Louise Wilson who died 13 March 2008, his brother-in-law, Doug Allcock, was listed as a survivor.¹¹
     In the obituary of Margit Allcock who died 14 December 2016, her husband, Douglas Allcock, was listed as predeceased.¹⁴

     She was born on 5 February 1920.⁴ Margit married Jack Douglas Allcock on 6 August 1944 at Lutheran Church, Elbow, Saskatchewan, Canada.^5,2,6
     Margit Knudson died on 14 December 2016 at Biggar and District Health Centre, Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 96.⁴
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     The following article appeared in the Regina, Saskatchewan The Leader-Post, 11 August 1944 :

     In the obituary of Sylvia May Weeks who died 24 September 1996, her sister-in-law, Marg Allcock, was listed as a survivor.⁷
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Star-Phoenix published in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 15 December 2016.⁴

     He was born on 12 July 1951 at Saskatchewan, Canada.^1,2
     Barrie Arthur Allcock died in December 1997 at age 46 diagnosed with cancer early in 1997.²
     His name was also recorded as Barry.^3,2 He was graduated from Kerrobert Composite High School in 1969 at Kerrobert, RM of Progress No. 351, Saskatchewan, Canada.³ He was a pallbearer at the burial ofInez Blanche Cunnings, on 21 September 1989 at Kerrobert Cemetery, Kerrobert, RM of Progress No. 351, Saskatchewan, Canada.^4,5 He was a pallbearer at the burial ofGarth Allinson Hamwood, on 19 June 1990 at Kerrobert Cemetery, Kerrobert, RM of Progress No. 351, Saskatchewan, Canada.^6,7
     In the obituary of Margit Allcock who died 14 December 2016, her son, Barry Allcock, was listed as predeceased.⁸

     He was born on 7 October 1910 at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.^4,5
     Eldon Burke Elliott died on 4 November 1943 at Yugoslavia (modern Croatia) at age 33.^4,6,7,5 According to military records: his parents were Rev. Alexander E. Elliott and Mabel May Elliott. It would be several weeks before they learned he was missing, folllowed by months of correspondence with the military, seeking further details on his death.⁷
     Eldon Burke Elliott was buried at Kozinjski Zamost, Yugoslavia (modern Croatia).⁴ He was reburied in May 1948 at Belgrade War Cemetery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (modern Serbia).^8,4,9,5
     
     Eldon Burke Elliott began military service on 1 July 1940 at the age of 29 years, 8 months and 24 days at Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.^10,4,5 He was killed during air operations on 4 November 1943 at Yugoslavia (modern Croatia). When his "Liberator AL409 struck a hilltop four miles north of Kosinjski Zamost, 60 miles southeast of Fiume (modern Croatia) on Adriatic coast of Croatia."⁷
The following was copied from The RCAF Association web site (most recently viewed March 19, 2010):
ELLIOTT, F/L Eldon Burke (J4524) - Middle East - Air Medal (United States) - No.148 Squadron - Award effective 11 February 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 644/44 dated 24 March 1944; also published in General Order No.10, Headquarters United States Army Forces in the Middle East, 19 January 1944. Born in Regina, 7 October 1910; parents living in Sutherland, Saskatchewan when he was decorated. Attended University of Saskatchewan, 1930-1932 (engineering) and Peterborough College (machine design, 1935); employed as a clerk and labourer in Lachute, 1932-34, packer at Quaker Oats, Peterborough, 1934-35, and production supervisor at Canadian General Electric, 1935-40. Enlisted in Toronto, 1 July 1940. Trained at No.1 ITS ((graduated 17 August 1940), No.2 AOS (graduated 21 December 1940, having flown 20 hours 45 minutes in Lockheed aircraft and 34 hours 40 minutes in Ansons), No.4 BGS (graduated, 2 February 1941 having flown 21 hours 55 minutes in Fairey Battles) and No.1 ANS (graduated 3 March 1941, having flown 29 hours 40 minutes in Ansons); commissioned 1 March 1941). Embarked for overseas, 4 April 1941; to No.21 OTU, 5 May 1941; to No.40 Squadron, 30 June 1941; to Middle East Command with that squadron, 23 October 1941; posted to No.205 Group, 12 March 1942; to No.160 Squadron, 8 October 1942; to Special Liberator Flight, 11 December 1942. In the course of these postings he was promoted to Flying Officer (2 July 1941) and Flight Lieutenant (5 March 1943). Killed in action, 3/4 November 1944 with No.148 Squadron (Liberator AL409 struck a hilltop four miles north of Kosinjski Zamost, 60 miles southeast of Fiume, on Adriatic coast of Croatia; crew consisted of 116910 F/L M. Passmore, pilot, father in London, wife living in Transvaal; J4524 F/L E.B. Elliott, navigator, Sutherland, Saskatchewan; R79118 WO J.H.S. Clarke, bomb aimer; NZ411065 F/L H.I. Crawford, WOP/AG, Auckland; R53246 FS E.A. Toole, flight engineer; R81068 WO R.E. Hawken, air gunner, Darlingford, Manitoba; and 1066563 FS W.J. Dowle, air gunner and special duties, Yorkshire); buried in Yugoslavia. DHist file 181.009 D.1754 (RG.24 Vol.20609) has a memo dated 10 November 1943 from Lieutenant Colonel Paul West to the Commanding General, USAFINME, and written on letterhead of Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Middle East. The full text is as follows:

1. In accordance with AGWAR No.7139 of 4 October 1943, Flight Lieutenant E.B. Elliott, J4524, RCAF is recommended for award of the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight as navigator on a special and hazardous mission into enemy occupied territory on 21 October 1943, for the purpose of delivering vitally needed supplies to our intelligence personnel operating in that area and to evacuate U.S.A.A.F. personnel shot down in combat. The pilot and remainder of the crew were members of the United States Army Air Force.

2. He volunteered for this mission with full knowledge that chances of successfully completing the mission and returning safely to his base were remote. Soon after the plane was landed on an obscure landing strip approximately ten miles from an enemy occupied town it bogged down in a newly filled drainage ditch. During the following 72 hours Flight Lieutenant Elliott, along with other members of the crew, with the aid of local guerrillas, worked by night digging holes, cutting trees, and improvising winches. On the morning of 24 October 1943, the plane was extricated and returned to base.

3. Through his technical ability as navigator, his marked resourcefulness, improvisation, and persistence, he contributed greatly to the complete success of the mission.

4. The undersigned has personal knowledge of the above, having been Officer in charge of the mission.

NOTE: On 31 December 1943 Major-General Ralph Royce (US Army Forces in the Middle East) wrote to RCAF Overseas Headquarters respecting this award. His letter said, in part:

I am writing because I have been wanting to award an air medal to a Canadian navigator who accompanied one of my airplanes on one of your S.O.E. flights. They landed well behind the enemy lines and brought out several American survivors of the Ploesty [sic] raid.

On 19 January 1944, General Order No.10, Headquarters, United States Army Forces in Middle East (Cairo), reported the award of the Air Medal, "By direction of the President under the provisions of Executive Order No.9158, 11 May 1942 (Bull.25, WD, 1942), as amended by Executive Order No.9242-A, 11 September 1942 (Bull.49, WD, 1942), and pursuant to authority delegated to the War Department". The text was as follows:

For meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight as navigator on a special and hazardous mission into enemy occupied territory on 21 October 1943, for the purpose of delivering vitally needed supplies to intelligence personnel operating in that area and to evacuate U.S.A.A.F. personnel shot down in combat. He volunteered for this mission with full knowledge that chances of successfully completing the mission and returning safely to his base were remote. Soon after the plane was landed on an obscure landing strip it bogged down in a newly filled drainage ditch. During the following 72 hours Flight Lieutenant Elliott, along with other members of the crew, with the aid of local guerrillas, worked by night digging holes, cutting trees, and improvising winches. On the morning of 24 October 1943, the plane was extricated and returned to base. Through his technical ability as navigator, his marked resourcefulness, improvisation, and persistence, he contributed greatly to the complete success of the mission.

This officer was reported missing, believed killed, on 3 November 1943.

By command of Major-General Royce:

G.X. Cheves

Brigadier General, U.S. Army

Chief of Staff

On 25 September 1944 the American Embassy communicated the formal text of the citation (see above) to Norman Robertson, Under Secretary of State for External Affairs.


Upon his death the Commanding Officer of No.148 Squadron, W/C J. Blackburn, wrote the family, stating in part, "Your son was one of the oldest navigators of the squadron and for some time had been the Squadron Navigation Officer. He was extremely popular with everyone; his constant good nature and unbounded enthusiasm earning for him the love and respect of all those with whom he worked. He had already completed two tours of operations involving some 60 sorties and his intense keenness and determination to strike at the enemy wherever he might be set an example unequalled by any other member of the squadron. " Initially buried at Kozinjski Zamost; remains brought in May 1948 to Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Belgrade, which was dedicated 11 November 1948, containing some 400 graves including 25 Canadian airmen.⁴

End of Military Service section.⁵

Eldon Burke Elliott was commemorated by the Canadian Virtual War Memorial

     He was commonly known as Burke.¹¹
     Flt. Lt. Eldon Burke Elliott was referenced in a newspaper article about his being missing on air operations published on 15 November 1943 at the newspaper the Star-Phoenix.¹²

     The following article appeared in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix, 22 December 1943 :

     The following biographical information appeared at the book "The Days of the Years of My Pilgrimage" (the story of Alex E Elliott), 11 February 1944:

     In the obituary of Mabel May Elliott who died 29 August 1976, her son, Flt. Lt. Eldon Burke Elliott, was listed as predeceased.¹⁵
     In the obituary of Rev. Dr. A. E. Elliott who died 19 October 1982, his son, Eldon Burke Elliott, was listed as predeceased.¹⁶