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Military service
Service number:
B/63618
Age:
26
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
June 11, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. H. 2.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Patrick and Annie Forbes, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Vera Forbes of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
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Newspaper Clipping
Deaths on Active Service - newspaper column. -
Obituary
This obituary of Company Sergeant Major Forbes was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
Captain Craig Cameron took this photo of CSM Forbes' gravemarker in England in 1997. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of John Forbes
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. -
Western Technical School
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. -
Memorial
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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
At son's grave. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN FORBES
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II John Forbes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 306 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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