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Harry Kenneth McCreery

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Harry Kenneth McCreery

March 2, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/100701

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

408 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of David J. and Rhoda Arvilla McCreery, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 189 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 144.

Location:

Bathmen is a small village in the province of Overijssel, 9 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, and 1.5 kilometres south of the main road to Almelo. The BATHMEN GENERAL CEMETERY is about 500 metres west of the centre of the village, on the north side of the road to Deventer. The graves are in the north-eastern part.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Letter– 17-year-old Harry McCreery had enlisted in the Toronto Scottish Regiment and been discharged as being too young. Later he applied to the R.C.A.F. and the C/O of the Regiment wote a letter of recommendation.

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    Letter – 17-year-old Harry McCreery had enlisted in the Toronto Scottish Regiment and been discharged as being too young. Later he applied to the R.C.A.F. and the C/O of the Regiment wote a letter of recommendation.
  • Letter– 17-year-old Harry McCreery had enlisted in the Toronto Scottish Regiment and been discharged as being too young. Later he applied to the R.C.A.F. and the C/O of the Regiment wote a letter of recommendation.

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    Letter – 17-year-old Harry McCreery had enlisted in the Toronto Scottish Regiment and been discharged as being too young. Later he applied to the R.C.A.F. and the C/O of the Regiment wote a letter of recommendation.
  • Circumstances of death registers– Ontario Registration of Death

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Ontario Registration of Death
  • Document– RCAF record for WOII McCreery

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    Document – RCAF record for WOII McCreery
  • Photo of HARRY KENNETH MCCREERY– RCAF photo in file

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    Photo of HARRY KENNETH MCCREERY
    Photo of HARRY KENNETH MCCREERY – RCAF photo in file
  • Cemetery– Rows of the airmen buried in Bathmen General Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Wouter van Dijken; submitted by G. E. Chase

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    Cemetery – Rows of the airmen buried in Bathmen General Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Wouter van Dijken; submitted by G. E. Chase
  • 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
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Harry Kenneth McCreery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Harry Kenneth McCreery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Harry Kenneth McCreery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Harry Kenneth McCreery is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of HARRY KENNETH MCCREERY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HARRY KENNETH MCCREERY – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker

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