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Son of Thomas and Alice Shellshear, of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Memorial cross in the cemetery where
J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Close up of the grave of J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Born in Vancouver BC on April 22nd 1922 he enlisted into the R.C.A.F. on April 24th 1941 listing his occupation as "Law Student" He was killed in a training accident on Oct. 25th 1941 at the age of 19 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Grave of J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Born in Vancouver BC on April 22nd 1922 he enlisted into the R.C.A.F. on April 24th 1941 listing his occupation as "Law Student" He was killed in a training accident on Oct. 25th 1941 at the age of 19 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Source: HAMILTON SPECTATOR, October 27, 1941
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Memorial cross in the cemetery where J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Close up of the grave of J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Born in Vancouver BC on April 22nd 1922 he enlisted into the R.C.A.F. on April 24th 1941 listing his occupation as "Law Student" He was killed in a training accident on Oct. 25th 1941 at the age of 19 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Grave of J-5500 Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Born in Vancouver BC on April 22nd 1922 he enlisted into the R.C.A.F. on April 24th 1941 listing his occupation as "Law Student" He was killed in a training accident on Oct. 25th 1941 at the age of 19 and was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Source: HAMILTON SPECTATOR, October 27, 1941
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From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 44 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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