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Military service
Service number:
R/74211
Age:
25
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
September 11, 1915
Death:
May 5, 1941
Uplands, Ontario
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. 30. Lot 167.
Additional information
Son of Norman Cuthbert Munro and Georgie Munro, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
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Memorial
Our Lady of the Airways Chapel 337 Breadner Boulevard, Ottawa has a stained glass window dedicated to the members of RCAF Station Uplands who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Grave marker
Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa. -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Munro
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
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