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Military service
Service number:
R/74264
Age:
22
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 20, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
5. K. 6.
Additional information
Son of George Angus and Annie May Thurston.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Tablet
Harold Jason Thurston's name is included on this memorial tablet in St. John's Anglican Church on 288 Humberside Avenue in West Toronto. Photo taken in May 2003. -
St. John's Anglican Church
St. John's Anglican Church on 288 Humberside Avenue in West Toronto. Photo taken in May 2003. -
Newspaper Clipping
This article from the Oct. 29, 1942 Ottawa Journal includes photos and information on Sgt. Observer Robert G. Hill and Flt. Sgt. Harold J. Thurston. -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of HAROLD JASON THURSTON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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 Harold Jason Thurston is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Harold Jason Thurston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 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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