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Son of Leo J. and Janet Carey, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany.
His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014.
He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany.
His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014.
He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
The family of F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey - July 9, 2014. His grave location at Rheinberg War Cemetery is: 13.G.25.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey who was killed in action on August 29, 1942. His body was recovered in 2008 and positive ID was made in December 2013; he was buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery on July 9, 2014 - Grave: 13.G.25
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany. His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014. He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
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F/Sgt. John Joseph CAREY, born February 4, 1920 in Winnipeg, enlisted in Ottawa on May 31, 1940; #103 Squadron, aboard Halifax bomber BB214, departed from RAF Elsham Wolds in the later PM of August 28, 1942; crashed in Laacher See, a lake south of Bonn, Germany. His body was not recovered until 2008 when divers found the aircraft. In December 2013, generic donor found and his identity was positive in February 2014. He was buried with full military honours on July 9, 2014 at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
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The family of F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey - July 9, 2014. His grave location at Rheinberg War Cemetery is: 13.G.25.
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F/Sgt. John Joseph Carey who was killed in action on August 29, 1942. His body was recovered in 2008 and positive ID was made in December 2013; he was buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery on July 9, 2014 - Grave: 13.G.25
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Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant John Joseph Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Germany
Rheinberg is 24 kilometres north of Krefeld and 13 kilometres south of Wesel, in the locality of Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal. The cemetery is 3 kilometres south of the centre of the town of Rheinberg on the road to Kamp Lintfort. From the motorway 57, turn off at Rheinberg and at the T junction follow the 510 in the direction Kamp Lintfort. The cemetery is a short way along this road on the right.
The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the assembly of Commonwealth graves recovered from numerous German cemeteries in the area. The majority of those now buried in the cemetery were airmen, whose graves were brought in from Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Essen, Aachen and Dortmund; 450 graves were from Cologne alone. The men of the other fighting services buried here mostly lost their lives during the battle of the Rhineland, or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe.
There are now 3,326 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Rheinberg War Cemetery. 156 of the burials are unidentified. There are also nine war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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