Donald
Harvey
Muirhead
Born in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of William Davidson Muirhead
and Nancy Isabel MacDonald
Brother of
Jane Annie (Muirhead) Doolittle, William James Clayton Muirhead, Ethel Pearl Muirhead, Gertrude Maybelle (Muirhead) Edwardson, Peter Samuel Muirhead, Lawrence Calvin Muirhead, Roy Andrew Thomas Muirhead, Leslie Vernon Muirhead, [private brother (1910s - 2010s)] and Evelyn Laura Isabel (Muirhead) Kusmire
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Thorton House, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2011
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Biography
Donald was born on 13 December 1919 in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was the son of William Davidson Muirhead and Isabel Nancy MacDonald.[1]
In 1921 Harvey Donald Muirhead (age 1) was the youngest of 9 children in the home of William and Isabel. The family was living in the town of Estevan.[2]
Military Service: 17 February 1943 at an unknown location. Fighter Pilot[3]
Donald died at the age of 23 on 17 February 1943 in Thorton House, Northallerton, Europe and was buried in Catterick, Yorkshire, England.[3]
Sources
- ↑ eHealth Saskatchewan Genealogy Index search accessed 03-24-2021 Certificate No. 16778 Link to Search
- ↑ 1921 Census of Canada: Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 150; Census Place: 150, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan; Page Number: 1 Ancestry Record 8991 #6919797
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for Harvey Donald Muirhead (13 Dec 1919–17 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #110024113, citing Catterick Cemetery, Catterick, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England ; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594) .
See also:
- Service Files, Second World War Dead - Canada Link to Records
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial accessed 03-24-2021 Link to Harvey Donald Muirhead
- "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR4-G8SH : Sat Mar 09 03:01:38 UTC 2024), Entry for William Muirhead and Isabelle Muirhead, 1926.
- "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCH-GCPL : 4 September 2014), Harvey D Muirhead, 1943; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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He was working in farming when enlisted into the RCAF on 30th October 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan. On 17th February 1943 he was the pilot of a 401 Squadron aircraft (a Boulton-Paul Defiant, British built fast fighter plane), flying in formation over the Northallerton area when his aircraft and Spitfire W3839 collided at around 14.00hrs over North Otterington. The aircraft crashed in an area around Thornton House and Stubb House and both crews died instantly. He was age 24. Burial: Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire, England. Muirhead Lake in Saskatchewan is named in his honour: Geo Memorial- Muirhead Lake- Lat 54°13' Long 107°30'
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