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Military service
Service number:
J/27853
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
426 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 9, 1922
Smithers, British Columbia
Enlistment:
August 11, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
49. G. 5.
Additional information
Son of John Joseph and Margaret Anne Beesley, of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Nephew of Private Frederick Heffernan, who died on May 22, 1915, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
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Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Jack and Dale -
War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Inscription
Kamloops Cenotaph, British Columbia. Detail of the Tablet listing names for World War II. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOSEPH FRANCIS TERENCE BEESLEY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Certificate
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Certificate
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Joseph Francis Terence Beesley -
Photo of Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Joseph Francis Terence Beesley, Kamloops BC -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province. c1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Francis Terence Beesley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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