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Military service
Service number:
J/23873
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 31, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Division 67. Row J. Grave 11.
Additional information
Son of Leo and Catherine Avon, of Lachine, Quebec.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
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Group Photo
FO pilot Avon's crew -
Photo of Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOSEPH LEONIDAS GERALD AVON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Joseph Leonidas Gerald Avon
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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