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Son of Ralph and Edith Young of Oakville, Ontario. Husband of Constance Young of Oakville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Wing Commander John Maitland Young
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Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
John Young was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Wing Commander John Maitland Young as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Wing Commander John Maitland Young
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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John Young was a student at Appleby College. His name is inscribed on a tablet on the Memorial School building, shown above. The building was built as a memorial to the members of the Appleby Community killed in the Second World War. Every Remembrance Day the school Cadet Corps parades at a service in the Chapel, built as a memorial to those members of the Appleby Community killed in the First World War, and the names on the Honour Rolls from both World Wars are read out.
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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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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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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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Wing Commander John Maitland Young as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
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Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023.
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 229 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OTTAWA MEMORIAL Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa Memorial stands on the north-eastern point of Green Island in the City of Ottawa. Overlooking the northern branch of the Twin Falls of the Rideau River, it commands a panoramic view of the Ottawa River and the Gatineau Hills beyond.
The Memorial commemorates those of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth who lost their lives while serving in units operating from bases in Canada, the British West Indies and the United States of America, or while training in Canada and the U.S.A., and who have no known graves.
The main feature of the Ottawa Memorial is a sculptured terrestrial globe in bronze, 3 metres in diameter, on a base formed by three bronze beavers rising from the centre of an ornamental pool. The globe, of open lattice-work corresponding to the lines of latitude and longitude, on which the land masses are super imposed in low relief, is crowned by the Air Forces emblem of a bronze eagle with outspread wings.
Two curved screen walls faced in limestone, bearing cast bronze panels on which the names appear, face inwards towards the globe. They are placed slightly off centre to allow a clear view through the Ottawa Memorial from the central steps on Sussex Drive and from the wide pathway. Two Air Force crest exist in the paving between the screen walls.
A dedicatory inscription, in English on one screen wall and in French on the other, is incised in the stonework between the bronze name panels, which reads as follows:
1939 - 1945
In honoured memory of the men and women of the air forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and neighbouring lands and who have no known grave.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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