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Son of Gerald Churchill and Ann O'Hara, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Flight Sergeant Gerald Churchill Patrick O'Hara, Royal Canadian Air Force, who died on 28 May 1943.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
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Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
O'Hara, Basil Morgan - Flight Sergeant. Born 27th April, 1922, at Moose Jaw, Sask. Educated at Kitsilano High School, Vancouver. Entered the service of the Bank 3rd July, 1940. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 30th August, 1941, from Kitsilano (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Promoted successively Sergeant and Flight Sergeant. Trained at Brandon, Man., and Winnipeg. Overseas in June, 1943. Attached R.A.F. Reported 28th September, 1943 missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead 7th November, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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O'Hara, Basil Morgan - Flight Sergeant. Born 27th April, 1922, at Moose Jaw, Sask. Educated at Kitsilano High School, Vancouver. Entered the service of the Bank 3rd July, 1940. Served at Vancouver city branches. Enlisted 30th August, 1941, from Kitsilano (Vancouver) in R.C.A.F. Promoted successively Sergeant and Flight Sergeant. Trained at Brandon, Man., and Winnipeg. Overseas in June, 1943. Attached R.A.F. Reported 28th September, 1943 missing after air operations. Officially presumed dead 7th November, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Basil Morgan O'Hara is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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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
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 200 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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