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Military service
Service number:
R/77353
Age:
30
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 9, 1913
Westmount, Québec
Enlistment:
November 8, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
November 17, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 179.
Additional information
Son of Frederick George and Helen Mabel (nee Lawes) de Courcy O'Grady. Brother of Helen, Frederick, Edith and nepthew of Maude Lawes of Westmount, Quebec.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 21 of July 1947.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I John Brian De Courcy O'Grady
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class I John Brian De Courcy O'Grady is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Warrant Officer Class I John Brian De Courcy O'Grady 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Warrant Officer Class I John Brian De Courcy O'Grady
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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