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Bruce Ralph Morrison

In memory of:

Sergeant Bruce Ralph Morrison

January 21, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

R/161244

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

405 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, Air Gunners Badge awarded 7 April 1943. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 29 October 1946.

Additional Information


Born:

July 29, 1921
Essa Township, Simcoe County, Ontario

Enlistment:

April 16, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Herman J. Morrison and Myrtle G. (née Langdon) Morrison, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Brother of Pilot Officer (Navigator) Oscar Langdon Morrison (J85943/R143850) killed in action 20 February, 1944, Gerald, Ross, Phyllis, Mary, Doris, and Helen. He was single and a steel metal worker.

Commemorated on Page 399 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:

8. H. 31.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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– Sergeant Bruce Ralph Morrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Bruce Ralph Morrison is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– Bruce is mentioned in this story about his brother. From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of BRUCE RALPH MORRISON– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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