Military service
Service number:
V/30285
Age:
26
Rank:
Section Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division)
Division:
116 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 20, 1916
Wallsend on Tyne, England
Enlistment:
August 7, 1942
Death:
November 8, 1943
Newfoundland & Labrador
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3. Column 1.
Additional information
Daughter of Jerimiah and Margaret Watson of New Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Section Officer Irene Watson
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Photo of IRENE WATSON
In memory for the students from Mimico (Ontario)) High School who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
School
In memory for the students from Mimico (Ontario)) High School who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Globe and Mail November 11, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
Globe and Mail November 11, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping (3)
Toronto Telegram November 10, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping (4)
Toronto Telegram November 10, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping (5)
Toronto Telegram November 10, 1943 -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online 1943 Nov 13 p.7 -
Photo of IRENE WATSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
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 -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
For the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Ottawa Memorial … In honoured memory of the men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth and Empire who gave their lives in Canada, in the United States of America and in neighbouring lands and seas and who have no known grave. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Memorial
Section Officer Irene Watson as commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, ON. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens October 2023. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
Digital gallery of
Section Officer Irene Watson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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