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Son of Charles Henry and Martha T. Labarge (1947 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Ottawa, Ontario.
His brother Bernard Henry Labarge was killed in action on March 12, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Flight Sergeant Leo Labarge was two years younger than his brother Bernard and was known as a young air gunner with a great sense of humour and adventure. He was shot down on the 30th day of September 1942 near Trigh Capuzzo, Lybia and was buried there by German forces. His body was not discovered until March 1943 and news of his death was confirmed to his mother during the same week as the death of her older son, Pilot/Officer Bernard Labarge. Flight Sergeant Leo Labarge was with the 148th Squadron and is buried at the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, 25 kilometres west of Tobruk, in open country south of the main road from Tobruk to Derna and Benghazi.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
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
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Mrs Martha Labarge Silver Cross Mother 1947. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Leo Labarge was two years younger than his brother Bernard and was known as a young air gunner with a great sense of humour and adventure. He was shot down on the 30th day of September 1942 near Trigh Capuzzo, Lybia and was buried there by German forces. His body was not discovered until March 1943 and news of his death was confirmed to his mother during the same week as the death of her older son, Pilot/Officer Bernard Labarge. Flight Sergeant Leo Labarge was with the 148th Squadron and is buried at the Knightsbridge War Cemetery, 25 kilometres west of Tobruk, in open country south of the main road from Tobruk to Derna and Benghazi.
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Leo John Labarge is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Mrs Martha Labarge Silver Cross Mother 1947. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 88 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY is 25 kilometres west of Tobruk, in open country south of the main road from Tobruk to Derna and Benghazi.
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