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Military service
Service number:
J/95162
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Daniel and Bridget Searson, of Douglas, Ontario, Canada.
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Photo of John Ellard Searson
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson RCAF, was known as "Johnny" to his crew mates in the Phillis Crew, No. 419 "Moose" Squadron. Photo from the collection of the late R.G. MacKinnon, bomb aimer, Phillis Crew. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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 -
Photo of JOHN ELLARD SEARSON
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
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Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Ellard Searson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 439 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BASSU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Marne, France
Bassu is a village and commune 28 kilometres south-east of Chalons-sur-Marne and 16 kilometres north-east of Vitry-le-Francois. The cemetery is located about 150 yards down a local road leading off the road from Vitry-le-Francois where it passes through the village. The Commonwealth graves are in the north-west corner of the cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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