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Son of Adair and Mae Younge, of Camrose, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
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Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
This is the John Younge memorial statue, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium.
John died here after his plane crashed.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Street name John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium.
John died here after his plane crashed.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/John+Youngestraat,+9090+Melle/@51.0249714,3.7806558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c3742d9bdd3f7b:0x70dda726c3416db8!8m2!3d51.0249714!4d3.7828445
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Current pciture of the John Younge memorial fpr John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium.
John died here after his plane crashed.
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John Campbell Younge
I adopted the war grave FO Lt. John Younge at te Canadian war cemetery Adegem Belgium. Living in the neighbourhood of the John Younge street, Melle, Belgium
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Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
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Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
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Photo submitted by Marg Liessens
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This is the John Younge memorial statue, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed.
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Street name John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed. https://www.google.com/maps/place/John+Youngestraat,+9090+Melle/@51.0249714,3.7806558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c3742d9bdd3f7b:0x70dda726c3416db8!8m2!3d51.0249714!4d3.7828445
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Current pciture of the John Younge memorial fpr John Younge, located in the John Younge street in Melle, a small village in Belgium. John died here after his plane crashed.
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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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From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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I adopted the war grave FO Lt. John Younge at te Canadian war cemetery Adegem Belgium. Living in the neighbourhood of the John Younge street, Melle, Belgium
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Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Belgium
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery is located midway between Brugge (17 km) and Gent (26 km) on the N9 which connects the two towns. From Brugge, Adegem is approached via Sijsele and Maldegem. On reaching Adegem, the cemetery is located on the Prins Boudewijn Laan, on the right-hand side of the N9.
In the last week of September 1944, the Allies held the city of Antwerp, but the Germans held both shores of the Scheldt estuary, so that the port of Antwerp could not be used. The task of clearing the southern shore of the estuary was allotted to the 3rd Canadian Division, aided by the 4th Canadian Armoured Division and the 52nd Division. Their operations lasted from October until the beginning of November 1944. By 3rd November the Germans had been cleared from the north-west corner of Belgium and the south shore of the Scheldt was free. There had been fierce fighting for two weeks for the crossing of the Leopold Canal. The majority of the men buried at Adegem died during the operations for the clearance of the south bank of the Scheldt; but many Canadians who lost their lives elsewhere in Belgium were also brought here for burial.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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