Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Evans Farrell Ashdown
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant Evans Farrell Ashdown
January 10, 1952
Fraserwood, Manitoba
Military Service
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Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
No. 2 Flying Training School
Additional Information
April 14, 1918
Rossduff, Saskatchewan
May 9, 1940
Regina, Saskatchewan
Son of Alexander and Florence Ashdown. Husband of Shirley Vera Ashdown. Father of Shirley Barbara, Richard Alec, and Katherine Lois. Brother of Daniel, Roy and Lorayne.
Commemorated on Page 30 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Grave 2412
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Evans Farrell Ashdown -
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – Headstone in Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery, Winnipeg, MB -
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Grave Marker – Headstone is in WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY, Manitoba
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