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Son of Ernest and Florence Dawson of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28
P/O (N) Dawson was serving on 142 (RAF) Squadron when Wellington aircraft HE 293 crashed in the Pass of Portula, 50 miles NE of Turin, Italy. The target the night of July 13, 1944 was the Lambrake marshalling yards at Milan, Italy.
Another Canadian, 20-year old F/S (BA) George E. Smith, of Regina, Sask., was also killed. They are buried in the War Cemetery at Milan, Italy.
[Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Photo of grave marker from find-a-grave website Milan Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
RCAF letter re crash and aircrew on Wellington aircraft.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
RCAF letter to P/O Dawson's wife.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Official RCAF photo.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28
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The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28 P/O (N) Dawson was serving on 142 (RAF) Squadron when Wellington aircraft HE 293 crashed in the Pass of Portula, 50 miles NE of Turin, Italy. The target the night of July 13, 1944 was the Lambrake marshalling yards at Milan, Italy. Another Canadian, 20-year old F/S (BA) George E. Smith, of Regina, Sask., was also killed. They are buried in the War Cemetery at Milan, Italy. [Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
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Photo of grave marker from find-a-grave website Milan Cemetery
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RCAF letter re crash and aircrew on Wellington aircraft.
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RCAF letter to P/O Dawson's wife.
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Official RCAF photo.
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MILAN WAR CEMETERY Italy
Follow the A1 north towards Milan. Exit from the A1 following the signs for Tangenziale West. Exit from the Tangenziale (main road) following the blue signs for Milano, route SS11. Proceed in the direction of Milano and pass the Grand Hotel Brun. Take the sharp turn to the left following the CWGC signs. The Cemetery lies in a large park approximately 0.5 kilometre along on the right.
The MILAN WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff but will be unmanned.
The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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