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Elmer Adrian Oswald

In memory of:

Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald

March 7, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

J/87419

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

406 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Olof Hilmer Oswald and Beda Oswald, of Heriot Bay, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 551 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot 1. Grave 49.

Location:

Harderwijk, on the shore of the Ijsselmeer (Zuider Zee), is 42 kilometres north-east of Utrecht and 45 kilometres north-west of Apeldoorn, just off the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is nearly 1 kilometre east of the centre of the town, south of the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The war graves are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery in two plots.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Biggin Hill– Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Biggin Hill – Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … name on the panels that surround the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … the Altar … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Biggin Hill– Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Biggin Hill – Flying Officer Elmer Adrian Oswald is also commemorated at St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance - Biggin Hill … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ELMER ADRIAN OSWALD– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ELMER ADRIAN OSWALD – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of ELMER ADRIAN OSWALD– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ELMER ADRIAN OSWALD – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • War Memorial– Erected by the City of Campbell River, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

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    War Memorial
    War Memorial – Erected by the City of Campbell River, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

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