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Military service
Service number:
A/3830
Age:
23
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
4 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Birth:
June 9, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 18, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
June 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. G. 15.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Alice Sweeney of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Nora Sweeney.
Digital gallery of Gunner John Peter Sweeney
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Grave Marker
This photo is of John Peter Sweeney's headstone - the photos with it are of his wife Nora and his two children, Diane and Brian. -
Photo of John Peter Sweeney
Fought and lost his life for the freedom of others. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Temporary Grave Marker
Original Cross Headstone ... mistake on service number was corrected later -
Memorial Stone
Gunner J. P. Sweeney's wife passed away 8 years after he was killed in action ... this is her headstone in Fairview Cemetery in Acton with his name on it as well. -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Paying Respects
Alice Sweeney, Jack's mother at his grave in 1953 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Peter Sweeney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 457 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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