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Military service
Service number:
J/5342
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 24, 1918
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 5, 1940
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 29, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 7.
Additional information
Son of John Anderson Freeland and Etta Yarker Love Freeland, of Timiskaming, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
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Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Gazette. 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 -
Biography
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer JOHN ROY FREELAND J/5342 of- 9 Squadron RAF -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Roy Freeland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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