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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

John Sarto George Gain

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Sarto George Gain

December 7, 1941
El Adem, Libya

Military Service


Service Number:

J/5043

Age:

35

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

274 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Harry Martin Gain and Anna Maria Gain, of Montreal, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 30 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Grave Reference:

11. H. 15.

Location:

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY is 25 kilometres west of Tobruk, in open country south of the main road from Tobruk to Derna and Benghazi.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of John Sarto George Gain– Sarto with his hurricane in the desert
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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