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Military service
Service number:
R/122979
Age:
27
Rank:
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr.
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
226 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
November 8, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
4. G. 11.
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Photo of John Harrison Cowieson
Enlisted in September 1941, trained as a wireless air gunner, and went overseas March 1943. His aircraft was lost on November 8, 1943 over Germany. -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN HARRISON COWIESON
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Photo of JOHN HARRISON COWIESON
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Photo of Margaret and John
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Group Photo
(L-R) Maurice, Donald, father, Lloyd, Bruce and John in front Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Family Photo
(L-R) Don, Maurice, John and Bruce. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Entrance - Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Calais Canadian War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
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W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
Digital gallery of
W.O.II W.Op./Air Gnr. John Harrison Cowieson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 149 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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