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Military service
Service number:
J/8384
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
33 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 6, 1921
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 8, 1941
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
October 30, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 263.
Additional information
Son of Lawrence and Ethel Peterson, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Warren Senior, Clive Julius and Roy Eric Peterson. Brother of Flying Officer Sidney Glen Peterson (J-14208) deceased May 25, 1944.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star,Africa Star, General Service Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp.Operational Wings postumously awarded June 7,1946
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Son of Lawrence and Ethel Peterson, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Warren Senior, Clive Julius and Roy Eric Peterson. Brother of Flying Officer Sidney Glen Peterson (J-14208) deceased May 25, 1944. -
Photo of LAWRENCE HERBERT PETERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Lawrence Herbert Peterson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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