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Military service
Service number:
R/84377
Age:
22
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
December 11, 1920
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 28, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
May 17, 1943
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 21. D. 16-18.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Sarah (nee Borowy) Garshowitz of Hamilton, Ontario
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
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Photo of Abram Garshowitz
Abram Garshowitz is honoured on page 25 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Squadron Badge
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Dambusters Memorial
Dambusters Memorial at Woodhall Spa -
Grave marker
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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 -
Photo of ABRAM GARSHOWITZ
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Inscription
Name inscribed at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln UK -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Abram Garshowitz
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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