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Hume Gordon Shepard

In memory of:

Major Hume Gordon Shepard

February 24, 1947

Military Service


Age:

38

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Additional Information


Son of Ralph A. Shepard and Inez Whalen Shepard, of Ottawa; husband of Mona Shepard, of Ottawa.

Commemorated on Page 598 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 48. Lot 23. Grave 7. Whalen Family Plot.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Married in 1939.  Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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