Military service
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Son of Norman Cuthbert Munro and Georgie Munro, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Our Lady of the Airways Chapel 337 Breadner Boulevard, Ottawa has a stained glass window dedicated to the members of RCAF Station Uplands who gave their lives in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro
Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
Image gallery
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Our Lady of the Airways Chapel 337 Breadner Boulevard, Ottawa has a stained glass window dedicated to the members of RCAF Station Uplands who gave their lives in the Second World War.
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Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery
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From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.
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Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery.
The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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