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Son of William Albert and Alwilda Rowland, of Leaside; husband of Viola Rowland, of Toronto.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Willard Hugh Rowland
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Willard Hugh Rowland
A plaque on the exterior wall of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, a hockey arena and recreational complex at 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto. The original facility was opened in 1951 and was named in remembrance of local (Leaside) men who died in World War II. Included in the names on the plaque, which was placed in 1963, is that of Willard Hugh Rowland. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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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A plaque on the exterior wall of Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, a hockey arena and recreational complex at 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto. The original facility was opened in 1951 and was named in remembrance of local (Leaside) men who died in World War II. Included in the names on the plaque, which was placed in 1963, is that of Willard Hugh Rowland. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2015.)
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From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (MOUNT PLEASANT) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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