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Military service
Service number:
C/18607
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
49. I. 10.
Additional information
Son of George Leishman Gray and Ethel Anne Gray, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
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Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteers Mike and Dale Symmonds -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 25 reads: “F/O John Fraser GRAY RCAF. University College, Arts 3rd year, 1940. Died on active service in the United Kingdom, 14 June 1944. Buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England.” -
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. -
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 “F/O J. F. GRAY R.C.A.F.” 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. -
Photo of JOHN FRASER GRAY
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Fraser Gray
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 321 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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