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Military service
Service number:
J/12691
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
November 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 9. G. 17-19.
Additional information
Son of Hedley Vicars Short and Martee Hallam Short, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail January 8, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Desmond Robert Parke Short
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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