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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Death:
October 15, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. E. Tier 9. Lot 12. Grave 4.
Additional information
Son of Robert H. Brennan and Mary Brennan, of Oakville; husband of Frances Elizabeth Brennan, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "Lt. R.J. BRENNAN R.C.A." is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 7 reads: " Lt. Robert John BRENNAN RCA. Graduate UTS 1931. Trinity College, BA 1935. Died as a result of a motor accident in Sussex, New Brunswick, 15 October 1943. Buried in Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario." -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "R.J. BRENNAN" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial Scroll
This framed illuminated scroll, written in calligraphy, is entitled "Men and Women of Trinity College on Active Service. Met'Agona Stephanos". It hangs in the hallway outside the narthex of the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. The scroll shows icons to indicate men and women who are fallen, decorated, and prisoner of war. The list of names includes: '35 Brennan, R.J. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Photo
Photograph of Robert John Brennan from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1935. -
Photo
Group photograph showing Brennan with fellow members of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Brennan is shown in second row, last from photo left. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1935. -
Photo
Group photograph showing Brennan while Vice-President of Trinity College Athletic Association. Brennan is shown in front row, fourth from photo left. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1935. -
Photo
Group photograph showing Brennan while Captain of Trinity College Hockey Team. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1935. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Close-up view of Brennan's grave at Park Lawn Cemetery. Photo: G. Gervais. -
Cemetery
Brennan's grave in situ at Park Lawn Cemetery in the Etobicoke area of Toronto. Photo: G. Gervais. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Robert is mentioned in this article about his brother Frederick. From the Toronto Star June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
Digital gallery of
Second Lieutenant Robert John Brennan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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