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Military service
Service number:
R/195834
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
April 19, 1944
Jenning, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Zachariah and Martha (nee Acres)Mulligan, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Mulligan
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Photo of John Mulligan
Sgt. John Mulligan (AG) from Ottawa killed in action Apr 19/44 age 20 #75 New Zealand Squadron, Stirling aircraft #EH955 was shot down eleven south east of Ribe, at Gram, Denmark while on a mine laying operation F/O H.J. Murray RNZAF, Sgt H.C.M. Kahler (RAF) and P Woollam (RAF) were also killed. These four airmen are all buried in a common grave in the Gram churchyard Jutland, Denmark. -
Inscription
Inscription to the memory of John Mulligan on the family grave marker in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
John Mulligan was killed on April 19, 1944. He was reported 'Missing After Air Operations' in Casualty List 890 of the Department of National Defense for Air, published in the Globe and Mail on May 24, 1944. He was reported 'Previously Missing , Now Presumed Dead' in Casualty List 1052 of the Royal Canadian Air Force, published in the Globe and Mail on November 29, 1944. -
Newspaper Clipping
John Mulligan was killed on April 19, 1944. He was reported 'Missing After Air Operations' in Casualty List 890 of the Department of National Defense for Air, published in the Globe and Mail on May 24, 1944. He was reported 'Previously Missing , Now Presumed Dead' in Casualty List 1052 of the Royal Canadian Air Force, published in the Globe and Mail on November 29, 1944. -
Memorial
Commemorative stone located at Gram Kirkegaard Churchyard bearing the inscription ÈThey fell for the freedom of Denmark 19.4.1944. Erected by the parish of Gram. Unveiled December 1945. -
Photo of John Mulligan
John Mulligan provided by his brother Clifford Mulligan. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Sergeant John Mulligan is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Mulligan 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 JOHN MULLIGAN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JOHN MULLIGAN
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Gram Graveyard, 19 April 2014
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Mulligan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 400 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GRAM CHURCHYARD Denmark
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