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Military service
Service number:
J/87190
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
May 17, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 279.
Additional information
Son of Ira and Lillian Gillette, of Oshawa, Ontario. Husband of Audrey Gillette, of Oshawa.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
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Photo of Orwin Gillette
In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. From their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ORWIN RENE GILLETTE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ORWIN RENE GILLETTE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Orwin Rene Gillette is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Orwin Rene Gillette 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
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Orwin Rene Gillette
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 518 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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