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Alan Hubert Andrew Morris

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class I Alan Hubert Andrew Morris

May 17, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/53756

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

42 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Norman and Violet Morris, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 100 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VANSE CHURCHYARD
Norway

Grave Reference:

British Plot. Joint grave.

Location:

Vanse is 8 kilometres west of Farsund, on the western tip of the south coast and contains the Commonwealth War Graves of nine airmen, six of whom belonged to the crew of a Halifax of 298 Squadron which crashed on 3 April 1945.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Alan Hubert Andrew Morris– (PL-4324 UK-41) 17 June 1941 Portrait, Sgt. Observer A.H.A. Morris, of Nokomis, Sask. He enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in April of 1940, went to Manning Depot, Toronto, The Hunt Club, and Malton, Jarvis and received his "0" wing at Trenton. He was in the first class of Observers to train under the J.A.T.P. He arrived in the United Kingdom in November of last year and had tea with the Queen. He was posted to an East Coast Bomber Squadron shortly afterwards and now has a Heinkel 115 and the German Pocket Battleship LUTZOW to his credit. Before enlisting in the R.C.A.F. he helped his father on their farm in Saskatchewan. Morris is 21 years of age.

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    Photo of Alan Hubert Andrew Morris
    Photo of Alan Hubert Andrew Morris – (PL-4324 UK-41) 17 June 1941 Portrait, Sgt. Observer A.H.A. Morris, of Nokomis, Sask. He enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in April of 1940, went to Manning Depot, Toronto, The Hunt Club, and Malton, Jarvis and received his "0" wing at Trenton. He was in the first class of Observers to train under the J.A.T.P. He arrived in the United Kingdom in November of last year and had tea with the Queen. He was posted to an East Coast Bomber Squadron shortly afterwards and now has a Heinkel 115 and the German Pocket Battleship LUTZOW to his credit. Before enlisting in the R.C.A.F. he helped his father on their farm in Saskatchewan. Morris is 21 years of age.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ALAN HUBERT ANDREW MORRIS– Photo extracted from graduation photograph of !st Observer Course August 16th, 1940. He and 21 other classmates out of a class of 39 were dead by 21 September 1944.

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    Photo of ALAN HUBERT ANDREW MORRIS
    Photo of ALAN HUBERT ANDREW MORRIS – Photo extracted from graduation photograph of !st Observer Course August 16th, 1940. He and 21 other classmates out of a class of 39 were dead by 21 September 1944.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– This article, with photo, on WO Alan Morris is from the Nov. 7, 1942 Ottawa Journal.

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    Newspaper Clipping – This article, with photo, on WO Alan Morris is from the Nov. 7, 1942 Ottawa Journal.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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