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Robert Perrin McLaren

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Robert Perrin McLaren

August 18, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

J/15748

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

March 5, 1920
Richwood, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 28, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Robert Kennedy McLaren and Clara A. McLaren, of Princeton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 97 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OCKERO CHURCHYARD
Sweden

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave.

Location:

Ockero is an island off the south-west coast, lying north of the entrance to Gothenburg harbour. In the OCKERO CHURCHYARD in the village of Ockero is the small War Graves plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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 Robert Perrin McLaren is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Robert Perrin McLaren is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ROBERT PERRIN MCLAREN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Pilots of Course No.31, 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss  - November 1941
  • Biography– Album of Honour for Brant County World War II 1939-1945
Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
  • Album Cover– Album of Honour for Brant County  World War 11 1939 - 1945
Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert McLaren– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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