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Military service
Service number:
B/126474
Age:
31
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
March 3, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. H. 9.
Additional information
Son of John and Amelia Ellwood, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Lillian Ellwood, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
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Photo of John Evendon Ellwood
Rifleman Ellwood enlisted in the Artillery in 1942 and went to England in June 1944. He remustered to Infantry towards the end of 1944 during the manpower crisis. As a replacement, he came to the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in Holland and was killed fighting in the Balberger Wald (in Germany). -
Obituary
This obituary of Rifleman Ellwood was clipped from a Toronto paper in 1945 by Mrs Josie McQuade. -
Grave Marker
This photo of Rfn Ellwood's gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
Digital gallery of
Rifleman John Evendon Ellwood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 512 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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