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Military service
Service number:
R/82280
Age:
25
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
September 12, 1917
Cornwall, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 16, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
April 11, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. J. 3.
Additional information
Son of Dr. A. J. Lalonde, M.D., and Rose Lalonde, of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (University of Toronto).
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
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Photo of Lawrence Lalonde
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
SMC Slype
St. Michael’s College Memorial – The memorial slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorates the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict. -
SMC Slype 1-3
St. Michael’s College Memorial Intro – Inscriptions in the stone walls of the slype between More and Fisher Houses on the University of Toronto campus commemorate the men of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) and St. Michael’s College School (a private Catholic high school) who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean conflict. -
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Detail of St. Michael’s College Memorial – Showing some of the Second World War names including that of Joseph Lawrence Lalonde. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. Photo: courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newman Centre Memorial
This framed scroll hangs in the St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church (formerly St. Thomas Aquinas Church) located on the University of Toronto campus. The pre-printed template was designed by A.J. Casson. “For King and Country Members of Newman Club of the University of Toronto Who Have Volunteered for Active Service with Canada’s Fighting Forces”. The roll of service contains a total of 289 names written in calligraphy. The service roll is not dated and contains no key, but it is known after the fact that at least nine of the individuals listed therein lost their lives in the Second World War (at least 6 in the Canadian and 3 in the American forces). -
Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde 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 -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Joseph Lalonde
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 179 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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