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Military service
Service number:
R/54187
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
September 22, 1921
Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 17, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
March 26, 1942
Barnwell Wold, Northants, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 1.
Additional information
Son of Michael Joseph and Bernice (nee Chouinard) O'Leary, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Edward.
Additional citations
Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary is 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
The Ottawa Citizen 04 Jul 1941, Fri ·Page 12
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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