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Erle Walter Ollen-Bittle

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Erle Walter Ollen-Bittle

July 16, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

J/6495

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

33 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Walter A. and Vera L. Ollen-Bittle, of York Mills, Ontario. Pilot Officer Ollen-Bittle is commemorated on a bronze plaque on the Cenotaph located in St. Marys, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

O. 127.

Location:

Chatby is a district on the eastern side of the city of Alexandria, between the main dual carriageway to Aboukir, known as Al Horaya, and the sea. This cemetery is located centrally within the main Alexandria cemetery complex, which is bordered by Al Horaya on the south and the electric tramway, which is parallel with Sharia Champollion on the North. Visitors can reach the entrance to the ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY & WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY along the road Sharia Anubis, which lies centrally north/south through the cemetery area. This cemetery has a central front entrance building with a metal gate/grill secured archway leading into it from two small grassed areas which form part of the roadside in front of the cemetery, which is bounded by a rendered wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • St Marys Cenotaph
  • St Marys Town Hall Bronze Plaque

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