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Military service
Service number:
R/69401
Age:
23
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
10 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
January 10, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 93.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Mary Ellen Smith, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Observer John Wilmer Smith
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Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
Grave marker -
Memorial
Observer John Wilmer Smith is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer John Wilmer Smith is 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 -
Grave Marker
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Cemetery
Entrance to Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery -
Cemetery
Cemetery -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
Digital gallery of
Observer John Wilmer Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 214 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SCHIERMONNIKOOG (VREDENHOF) CEMETERY Netherlands
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