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Military service
Service number:
R/112850
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Range 12. Lot 10.
Additional information
Son of Francis X. Schwan and Catherine Schwan brother of Bernard A. Schwan of Owen Sound.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Cyril Francis Schwan
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Photo of CYRIL FRANCIS SCHWAN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Cyril Francis Schwan
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times June 1942. 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
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 113 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OWEN SOUND (ST. MARY'S) R.C. CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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