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Military service
Service number:
M/62131
Age:
39
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Canadian Provost Corps
Birth:
February 17, 1902
L'Orignal, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 8, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
December 21, 1941
Calgary, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 39. Block 7. Sec. G.
Additional information
Son of Judge Colin G. O'Brian. Brother of Lewis O'Brian, of Ottawa, Ontario. Common-law spouse of Marion Louise O'Brian of Calgary, Alberta.
Additional citations
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Memorial Arch
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 “Pte P. D. O'BRIAN C.ProC.” 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 Room
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 51 reads: “L/Cpl Peter Dean O'BRIAN Canadian Provost Corps. Former student in University College, 1919-21. Accidentally killed while on active service in Alberta, 21 December 1941. Buried in the Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.” -
Soldiers' Tower 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 1200 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. -
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Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Peter Dean O'Brian
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
Calgary, in the south-western part of Alberta, is on both the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway, No2, 304 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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