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Abraham Albert Schwartz

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Abraham Albert Schwartz

August 10, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/21013

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Abel and Anna Schwartz, of Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 211 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA JEWISH CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec.3. Plot 6. Row 18.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ABRAHAM ALBERT SCHWARTZ– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ABRAHAM ALBERT SCHWARTZ– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– A beautiful monument was installed in 2015 at the Jewish Community Cemetery on Bank Street, honouring those brave men of the Ottawa Jewish Community who fought and lost their lives in war. The three panel granite monument lists Ottawa community members who served and fell in the Great War, World War II, Israeli War of Independence and while on active duty with the Israeli Army.
  • Photo of Albert Schwartz– Arnold Schwartz is honoured on page 64 of the memorial book,
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.  
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume.  For additional information about these archival records, please contact:
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 
facsimile:  514-931-0548 
website:     www.cjc.ca
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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