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Son of John J. O'Brien and Marcella O'Brien, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Marie-Therese O'Brien, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
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Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Memorial Card for John Anthony O'Brien. (He was my father's best friend during the war)
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Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Source: Globe and Mail March 7, 1945.
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Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Source: Globe and Mail October 15, 1945.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Inscription to the memory of Flying Officer JOHN ANTHONY O'BRIEN on the family grave marker in Mount Hope Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. Flying Officer O'BRIEN died on January 29, 1945 and is buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Germany
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien
From the Toronto Telegram October 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorial Card for John Anthony O'Brien. (He was my father's best friend during the war)
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Source: Globe and Mail March 7, 1945.
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Source: Globe and Mail October 15, 1945.
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Inscription to the memory of Flying Officer JOHN ANTHONY O'BRIEN on the family grave marker in Mount Hope Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. Flying Officer O'BRIEN died on January 29, 1945 and is buried in DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, Germany
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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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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Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer John Anthony O'Brien is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 550 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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