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Military service
Service number:
R/182457
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
106 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 26, 1923
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 4, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 4, 1943
Burgdorf, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. F. 11.
Additional information
Son of Harry Richard and Jennie Cannon, of Toronto, Ontario.
He served in Canada and in the United Kingdom. He completed 397 days of service including 125 days overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
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Photo of Ernest Cannon
Sgt. Ernest Albert Cannon -
Photo of Ernest Albert Cannon
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ernest Albert Cannon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 143 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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