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Ernest Dyer Holmes

In memory of:

Flying Officer Ernest Dyer Holmes

December 9, 1953
Dixon, Alberta

Military Service


Service Number:

213502

Age:

37

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

No. 4 Flying Training School

Citation(s):

France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Maple Leaf

Additional Information


Born:

March 7, 1916
Reaburn, Manitoba

Enlistment:

December 18, 1952
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of Harry and Jessie (nee Dyer) Holmes. Husband of Elsie H. (nee Peters) Holmes and father of Peter Holmes of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 34 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada

Grave Reference:

Grave 3785

Location:

The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Headstone in WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY

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