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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Birth:
December 9, 1890
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 21, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. C. Lot 40.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Margaret Hanlan of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edward Gordon Hanlan
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Attestation Paper
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St Andrews Presbyterian plaque
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
The Hanlan family monument is located at the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery. Photo taken on Sunday February 1st, 2009. In honoured memory. -
Inscription
Detail the inscription on the Hanlan family monument. The dedication to Edward Gordon Hanlan is the centre of this image and reads: CAPT. EDWARD GORDON HANLAN R.F.C. / KILLED IN ENGLAND AUGUST 9, 1917 / AGED 26 YEARS. -
Entrance
Toronto Necropolis - the entry to the cemetery adjoins the Necropolis Chapel. -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Evening Telegram - September 15th, 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Evening Telegram - September 12th, 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Hanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Hanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Hanlan
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Gordon Hanlan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 250 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO NECROPOLIS Ontario, Canada
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