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Military service
Service number:
R/270919
Age:
19
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
December 12, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 272.
Additional information
Son of Olav and Gunhild Overland, of Preeceville, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Sven Overland
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Photo of John Sven Overland
Uncle John Overland in Scottish garb, taken in Saskatchewan. -
Grave Marker
This photo was taken this summer 2015 when my husband Glen Cook and I went to visit Uncle Johns Gravesite at the Blacon Cemetery in Chester, England. We also saw other Preeceville, Saskatchewan men that died along side with my uncle, so was happy they were placed together. I decided to dig a little hole and put a Canadian Loonie coin near John's stone, as I was the first of my family to visit the grave and I wanted Uncle John to have a little piece of Canada. RIP xx -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Sven Overland is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Sven Overland is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN SVEN OVERLAND
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Photo of JOHN SVEN OVERLAND
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Sven Overland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 409 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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