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Irving Walter Garfin

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Irving Walter Garfin

June 28, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/61116

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

415 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Henry and Celia Garfin, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. B.Sc.

Commemorated on Page 75 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

5. C. 13.

Location:

Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Irving Garfin– Irving Garfin is honoured on page 25 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. 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: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca

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    Photo of Irving Garfin
    Photo of Irving Garfin – Irving Garfin is honoured on page 25 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. 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: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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