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Military service
Service number:
R/56637
Age:
24
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
October 9, 1918
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
December 15, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 27, 1943
Overseas
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave II. G. 12-14.
Additional information
Son of Peter and Anne Gillespie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Gillespie
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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. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Gillespie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Gillespie 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
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gillespie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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