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Military service
Service number:
R/80558
Age:
21
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 29, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12.
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Martha Louise Rowney, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
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Photo of John Rowney
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
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Photo of JOHN HOSKIN ROWNEY
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Attestation paper (1)
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Attestation paper (2)
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Diploma
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter of recommendation
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Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney 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 -
Newspaper Clipping
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of Honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN HOSKIN ROWNEY
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Hoskin Rowney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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