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Laurel Melvin Whitehead

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Laurel Melvin Whitehead

July 23, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

R/79586

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Laurel Stansal Whitehead, and Clara Whitehead, of Calgary.

Commemorated on Page 575 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY
Alberta, Canada

Grave Reference:

Lot 3. Block 11. Sec. G.

Location:

Calgary, in the south-western part of Alberta, is on both the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway, No2, 304 kilometres south of Edmonton.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of LAUREL MELVIN WHITEHEAD– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Plaque at Britannia yacht club Ottawa
  • Cemetery
  • Grave Marker
  • Plane crash– Britannia Beach, Ottawa http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/peter-pigott-the-day-the-war-came-to-britanna-beach
  • Newspaper Clipping– Toronto Star http://ottawow.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/crash-of-the-canso/

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