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Lester Owen Colbran

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Lester Owen Colbran

September 7, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/96163

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Simon J. Colbran and M. Violet Colbran, of Maxville, Ontario, Canada. War

Commemorated on Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MARHAM CEMETERY
Norfolk, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Graves Plot. Grave 23.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lester Owen Colbran is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lester Owen Colbran is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Lester Colbran– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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