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Military service
Service number:
J/94588
Age:
26
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 26, 1919
Eltham, New Zealand
Death:
March 31, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
13. A. 1.
Additional information
Son of Stanley and Meta Rea of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer John Rea
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Photo of John Rea
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Rea is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer John Rea is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN REA
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN REA
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Becklingen War Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Rea
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer John Rea
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 557 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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