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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Commodore
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Naval Air Service
Division:
3rd Wing, 10th Squadron
Birth:
September 11, 1892
Oak Lake, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 22, 1917
Warneton, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. G. 22.
Additional information
Son of Thomas H. and Frances A. Sharman, of Oak Lake, Manitoba.
Additional citations
Croix-de-Guerre with Palm (France). Citation from General Castelnau: Services in 11 long distance air raids, notably leading two raids on Freiburg in one day. Distinguished Service Cross
Digital gallery of Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
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Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman is the first man on the far left in this photograph. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
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Photo of John Sharman
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Photo of John Edward Sharman
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
Digital gallery of
Flight Commodore John Edward Sharman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 581 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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