Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ernest Dyer Holmes
In memory of:
Flying Officer Ernest Dyer Holmes
December 9, 1953
Dixon, Alberta
Military Service
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Air Force
No. 4 Flying Training School
France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, Maple Leaf
Additional Information
March 7, 1916
Reaburn, Manitoba
December 18, 1952
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Harry and Jessie (nee Dyer) Holmes. Husband of Elsie H. (nee Peters) Holmes and father of Peter Holmes of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Commemorated on Page 34 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 3785
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.
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Grave Marker – Headstone in WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
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