Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson
July 13, 1944
Military Service
J/88669
27
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
142 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
November 14, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
June 19, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Son of Ernest and Florence Dawson of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 287 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Coll. grave V. D. 1-5.
Follow the A1 north towards Milan. Exit from the A1 following the signs for Tangenziale West. Exit from the Tangenziale (main road) following the blue signs for Milano, route SS11. Proceed in the direction of Milano and pass the Grand Hotel Brun. Take the sharp turn to the left following the CWGC signs. The Cemetery lies in a large park approximately 0.5 kilometre along on the right. The MILAN WAR CEMETERY is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff but will be unmanned. The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Letter – RCAF letter re crash and aircrew on Wellington aircraft. -
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Letter – RCAF letter to P/O Dawson's wife. -
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Photo of Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson – Official RCAF photo. -
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Grave marker – Photo of grave marker from find-a-grave website Milan Cemetery -
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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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Memorial – Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Ernest Albert Wesley Dawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28 -
![Newspaper Clipping– The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28
P/O (N) Dawson was serving on 142 (RAF) Squadron when Wellington aircraft HE 293 crashed in the Pass of Portula, 50 miles NE of Turin, Italy. The target the night of July 13, 1944 was the Lambrake marshalling yards at Milan, Italy.
Another Canadian, 20-year old F/S (BA) George E. Smith, of Regina, Sask., was also killed. They are buried in the War Cemetery at Milan, Italy.
[Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2816798_2.jpg)
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Newspaper Clipping – The Toronto Star, March 14, 1945, page 28 P/O (N) Dawson was serving on 142 (RAF) Squadron when Wellington aircraft HE 293 crashed in the Pass of Portula, 50 miles NE of Turin, Italy. The target the night of July 13, 1944 was the Lambrake marshalling yards at Milan, Italy. Another Canadian, 20-year old F/S (BA) George E. Smith, of Regina, Sask., was also killed. They are buried in the War Cemetery at Milan, Italy. [Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba.]
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