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Military service
Service number:
J/22436
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
550 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 3, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Mil. Plot. Row 1. Coll. grave 2.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Etna Oliver. Husband of Pamela Oliver, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
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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
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Identification
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Photo of MELVIN ROBERT OLIVER
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Melvin Robert Oliver
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 408 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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