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Military service
Service number:
J/13143
Age:
29
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 17, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 7. C. 9-11.
Additional information
Son of William and Margaret Gipson, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Private William Ivan Gipson, who died while serving with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
Digital gallery of Observer Aaron Henry Gipson
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Newspaper Clipping
Source: Globe and Mail, December 23, 1943 -
Photo of Aaron Henry Gipson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Aaron Henry Gipson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Observer Aaron Henry Gipson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Observer Aaron Henry Gipson
Digital gallery of
Observer Aaron Henry Gipson
Digital gallery of
Observer Aaron Henry Gipson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 163 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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