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Military service
Service number:
J/88963
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 20, 1921
Traynor, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
October 29, 1940
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 28, 1944
Overseas, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IVa. D. 25.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gilson, of Scott, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Gilson
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Graduation Program
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Class Photo
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List of graduates
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Newspaper Clipping
Saskatoon Star Pheonix sometime in 1944 -
Memorial Page
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Memorial page 2
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Photo of JOHN GILSON
PO Gilson (second from right). -
Grave Marker
Grave marker … 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 -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … 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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Gilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Gilson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Gilson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Gilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 316 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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