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Louis Winkler

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Louis Winkler

November 22, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/159869

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Solomon and Lottie Winkler, of Outremont, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. M.A. (McGill University).

Commemorated on Page 227 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PORT OF SPAIN (ST. JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Trinidad and Tobago

Grave Reference:

Eastern Portion Grave 12.

Location:

Port of Spain is on the north side of the western shore of the Island, in the county of St George. The PORT OF SPAIN (ST. JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY lies opposite the Old Yellow Fever Cemetery, on a road branching from the left hand side of Long Circular Road, near the barracks in the far corner of St James Military Camp.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of LOUIS WINKLER– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Louis Winkler– Louis Winkler is honoured on page 79 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
  • Photo of Louis Winkler– Photo submitted for the project Operation Picture Me with the permission of McGill University from their web site, 'McGill Remembers'
  • Newspaper Clipping– Leading Aircraftman Louis Winkler obit Montreal Star Dec 22 1943 courtesy McGill University archives

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