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Henry Augustin Sheehan

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Henry Augustin Sheehan

May 13, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/81445

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

August 26, 1918
Fermoy, Ireland

Enlistment:

December 30, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of James Sheehan and of Mary Sheehan (nee Hearne).

Commemorated on Page 212 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

GENDRINGEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row B. Grave 26.

Location:

Gendringen is a village on the Dutch-German border 30 kilometres east-south-east of Arnhem and 15 kilometres south-east of Doetinchem. The GENDRINGEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY is behind the church of St. Martinus, which stands in the centre of Gendringen. The British plot is near the eastern boundary wall.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Henry Augustin Sheehan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Henry Augustin Sheehan is commemorated 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– Warrant Officer Henry Augustin Sheehan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Henry Augustin Sheehan is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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