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Military service
Service number:
J/5500
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
October 25, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Block 26. Plot 41 Lot 14.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Alice Shellshear, of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
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Memorial Cross
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. -
Grave Marker
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. -
Grave Marker
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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source: HAMILTON SPECTATOR, October 27, 1941 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star October 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Province c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Thomas Douglas Shellshear
In the Books of Remembrance
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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