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Military service
Service number:
R/188976
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
February 26, 1923
Berwick, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 12, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 357.
Additional information
Son of John J. O'Grady and Margaret O'Grady.
Commemorated on the Chesterville Cenotaph.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN EDWARD O'GRADY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN EDWARD O'GRADY
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Grave marker
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
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady 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 -
Memorial
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freehold newspaper c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Edward O'Grady
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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JURBY (ST. PATRICK) CHURCHYARD Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Jurby is a village on the north-west coast of the Island and is reached from Ramsey, a seaport on the north-east coast six miles distant. The church of St. Patrick is the parish church of Jurby, and the churchyard is the parish burial ground, the Authority in which it is vested being the Incumbent and Churchwardens. It lies in an isolated position on the sea-coast, some way from the village, and covers one-and-a-half acres.
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