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Military service
Service number:
J/9176
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
87 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
March 7, 1920
Newdale, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 10, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 24, 1943
El Aouina, Egypt
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 271.
Additional information
Son of William Lindley and Margaret Adams of Newdale, Manitoba.
Brother of Flying Officer Douglas Adams, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of GAVIN ROBERT ADAMS
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Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gavin Robert Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gavin Robert Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gavin Robert Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gavin Robert Adams
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gavin Robert Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 130 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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