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Joseph Alfred Jacobson

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Joseph Alfred Jacobson

January 28, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/56201

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

106 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Percy and May Silver Jacobson, of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada. B.Com. (McGill).

Commemorated on Page 84 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LICHTENVOORDE GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 19-21.

Location:

Lichtenvoorde is situated about 45 kilometres east of Arnhem and 30 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. The LICHTENVOORDE GENERAL CEMETERY is 1 kilometre east of the town centre, on the northern side of the road to Winterswijk. The British plot faces the cemetery entrance gates.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Joseph Alfred Jacobson as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Joseph Alfred Jacobson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of JOSEPH ALFRED JACOBSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOSEPH ALFRED JACOBSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter of recommendation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Diploma– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Diploma– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Evaluation– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Joseph Alfred Jacobson– Joseph Alfred Jacobson courtesy McGill University archives
  • Photo of Joseph Jacobson– Joseph Jacobson is honoured on page 37 of the memorial book,
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.  
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume.  For additional information about these archival records, please contact:
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 
facsimile:  514-931-0548 
website:     www.cjc.ca
  • Press Clipping– Joseph Alfred Jacobson obit Montreal Star Feb 2 1942 courtesy McGill University archives
  • Press Clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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