Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Michael and Mary Avedisian, of Brantford, Ontario. He attended Central School and Brantford Collegiate and was a member of Central School's Skylark Club.
Sergeant James Avedisian served with the 149 East India (Fortis Nocte) Squadron . His Stirling aircraft R 9161 was shot down while returning from a raid over Saarbrucken, Germany and crashed near Regniowez, France. The other Canadian in the crew was Flight Sergeant Ernest J. Le Blanc, age 24, from St. Joseph du Moine (near Cheticamp) Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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Biography
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
Album Cover
Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945<P> Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by 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
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
Digital gallery of
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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