Military service
Service number:
V/30047
Age:
30
Rank:
Section Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)
Birth:
December 17, 1913
Embro, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 23, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
November 23, 1944
Calgary, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 54. Block H.
Additional information
Daughter of Dr. Howard B. Atkinson and Annie J. Atkinson, of Thamesford.
Digital gallery of Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
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Photo of Jean Atkinson
Jean Atkinson promoted to Section Officer. Credit www.heroesofzorra.ca -
Photo of Jean Burgess Atkinson
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
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Group Photo
Jean Atkinson (left) and a colleague stand by the ambulance that the Zorra Caledonian Society bought for over-seas use. Credit www.heroesofzorra.ca -
Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Attestation paper
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Grave marker
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Grave marker
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Jean Burgess Atkinson
Yearbook photo of Jean Burgess Atkinson. Source: Torontonensis, University of Toronto,1936. -
Group Photo
Atkinson as one of the "T" holders for athletic accomplishment, from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1936. -
Group Photo
Atkinson as member of University College's basketball team. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook, 1936. -
Group Photo
Atkinson was a student at University College, one of the colleges within University of Toronto. This group photo shows her as a member in her college's tennis team. From Torontonensis yearbook 1936. -
Group Photo
Atkinson was a student at University College, one of the colleges within University of Toronto. This group photo shows her as a member of her college hockey team. -
Group Photo
Group photo showing Atkinson as Captain of the University of Toronto women's hockey team. From Torontonensis yearbook, 1936.
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Jean Burgess Atkinson
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Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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