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Lorne Clifford Taerum

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum

February 3, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

R/278581

Age:

18

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

550 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

February 13, 1926
Milo, Alberta

Enlistment:

October 15, 1943
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Guttorm Tonger and Hilda Ingeline Olson Taerum, of Calgary, Alberta.

Brother of Torger Harold Taerum who died on September 16, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 568 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

OPLOO (WESTERBEEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Row 1. Grave 2.

Location:

Westerbeek is a small village in the commune of Oploo, is situated west of the Overloon to Oploo road. It is 3 kilometres south of Oploo and about 4 kilometres north-west of Overloon. The OPLOO (WESTERBEEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY is directly behind the Roman Catholic church in the centre of the village. The graves are in two plots, one in the north-east and the other in the south-west part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Lorne Clifford Taerum– Lorne Clifford Taerum Air Gunner 550 Squadron, age 18

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    Photo of Lorne Clifford Taerum – Lorne Clifford Taerum Air Gunner 550 Squadron, age 18
  • Grave Marker– Grave of Lorne Clifford Taerum in the church cemetery at Westerbeek Holland

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    Grave Marker – Grave of Lorne Clifford Taerum in the church cemetery at Westerbeek Holland
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Lorne Clifford Taerum 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

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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

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