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Robert Joseph O'Leary

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary

March 26, 1942
Barnwell Wold, Northants, England

Military Service


Service Number:

R/54187

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

Defence Medal, War Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

September 22, 1921
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 17, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Michael Joseph and Bernice (nee Chouinard) O'Leary, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Edward.

Commemorated on Page 103 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OLD WESTON (ST. SWITHUN) CHURCHYARD
Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Sec. A. Grave 1.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– The Ottawa Citizen
04 Jul 1941, Fri ·Page 12
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary is 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
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph O'Leary is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave marker

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