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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Death:
August 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIII. G. 2.
Additional information
Son of Dr. Ernest Malan Henderson and Mary Kathleen Henderson, of Toronto, Ontario; husband of Virgina Rutland Henderson. B.Com., Toronto University.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
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Memorial Book
University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Edited by H. E. Brown, published by the Soldiers' Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 2 reads: "Lt. John Roper HENDERSON 5 Anti-Tank Regt RCA. Former student Trinity College, Arts, 1939-42. Killed in action in France, 13 August 1944. Buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France." -
Memorial Stele
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "J.R. HENDERSON" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial Scroll
This stone stele is located in the chapel at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. "AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE. TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS." The name of "J.R. HENDERSON" is among those inscribed. -
Memorial
The Soldiers' Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower's base. In total, almost 1,200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers' Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations. -
Memorial Arch West
The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers' Tower in 1949. The name of "Lt. J.R. HENDERSON R.C.A." is among the names inscribed. -
Memorial Room
Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations. -
Photo of JOHN ROPER HENDERSON
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Group Photo
John, Ginny Rutland, Lyman Henderson, Deck Lesser and Tom Jarvis. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Circumstances of death
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roper Henderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 333 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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