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Military service
Service number:
R/69365
Age:
23
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
99 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 18, 1919
Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 3, 1941
North Bay, Ontario
Death:
October 8, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. D. 6.
Additional information
Son of Roy and Agnes McInnis Cockburn, of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada; husband of Yvette Godfroid Cockburn, of Sturgeon Falls.
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Grave Marker
Grave marker of GH Cockburn in the Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo date: 10 May 2010. -
Entrance
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo date: 10 May 2010. -
Entrance
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo date: 10 May 2010. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo date: 10 May 2010. -
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 I George Hamilton Cockburn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the North Bay Nugget. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
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Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I George Hamilton Cockburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 147 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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