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Edward Emile Gervais

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais

September 24, 1942
Ellesø Mose, Kruså, Denmark

Military Service

Service Number:

J/15815

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

405 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Commemorated on Page 76 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AABENRAA CEMETERY
Denmark

Grave Reference:

Allied Military Plot. Row 2. Coll. grave 13.

Location:

Aabenra is in Jutland, on the main road from Germany into Denmark, about 24 kilometres north of the frontier. It is about 105 kilometres from the port of Esbjerg. AABENRAA CEMETERY is on the western side of the town. The 1939-45 Plot is on the left-hand side of the main path towards the rear of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of EDWARD EMILE GERVAIS– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of EDWARD EMILE GERVAIS – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– Monument to the crew of HAL W1274 erected at Ellesø Hede (Moor) unveiled by the Historical Society of Vis District on 23 September 2006, 64 years after the crash.

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    Memorial – Monument to the crew of HAL W1274 erected at Ellesø Hede (Moor) unveiled by the Historical Society of Vis District on 23 September 2006, 64 years after the crash.
  • Gravemarker– Gravemarker of Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais

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    Gravemarker – Gravemarker of Pilot Officer Edward Emile Gervais

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