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Henri Jean Maurice Joseph D'Avril

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Henri Jean Maurice Joseph D'Avril

March 5, 1945
Frankenburg, Germany

Military Service


Service Number:

J/93925

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

425 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Henri and Cecelia D'Avril, of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 508 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

13. C. 7.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Henri Jean Maurice Joseph D'Avril is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Henri Jean Maurice Joseph D'Avril 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
  • Photo of Henri Jean-Maurice D'Avril– Jean-Maurice D'Avril enlistment in RCAF.  Archives of Canada Photograph e002505781.   Provided by Peter Hessel from his book "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman", 2005.
  • Photo 2 of Henri Jean-Maurice D'Avril– Jean-Maurice D'Avril after he has earned his Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Half-wing.  Archives of Canada Photograph e002505780.   Provided by Peter Hessel from his book "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman", 2005.
  • Group Photo– Jean-Maurice D'Avril crew from his Halifax 'Q - Queen'.  Peter Hessel Collection.   Provided by Peter Hessel from his book "The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman", 2005.

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