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Military service
Service number:
R/65658
Age:
23
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
99 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
June 13, 1918
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 31, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 1, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 6. West. Grave 6685.
Additional information
Son of Francis and Nellie Brodribb of Orillia, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
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Soldiers' Tower Memorial
The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Sgt F.A.B. BRODRIBB R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Forestry WWII Photo Display
This framed display of photos, part of a multi-component display to the men from Forestry who died in the First and Second World Wars, is located at the Earth Sciences Centre, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto. The photo of “Sgt. Obs. F. A. Brodribb R.C.A.F. Class ‘43” is fifth from the left. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Forestry WWII Plaque
This plaque, part of a multi-component display to the men from Forestry who died in the First and Second World Wars, is located at the Earth Sciences Centre, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 8 reads: Sgt Observer Francis Anthony Bower BRODRIBB, RCAF, 99 Sqn RAF. Former student Ontario Agricultural College, Forestry 1939. Killed during an enemy bombing attack at Mildenhall, England, 1 September 1941. Buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire, England. -
Photo of Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
From: University of Toronto Memorial Book Second World War 1939-1945. The book was published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto. <P> Submitted with permission, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb is also commemorated on the WWII Memorial in Orillia, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
Digital gallery of
Observer Anthony Francis Bower Brodribb
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 24 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GREAT MALVERN CEMETERY Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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