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Military service
Service number:
R/58998
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
427 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 24, 1919
Enlistment:
May 24, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 31, 1943
Overseas, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Spec. Mem. C. IVa. B. 24.
Additional information
Son of Wesley and Annie Breen of Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Sergeant William John Breen
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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. -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4/4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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. -
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 William John Breen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant William John Breen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant William John Breen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 139 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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