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Lorne Gerald Dobson

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Lorne Gerald Dobson

March 15, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

J/17746

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

99 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of George and Lazetta Elizabeth Dobson, of Ninga, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY
Bangladesh

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 9. D. 1-6

Location:

Maynamati is some 7 kilometres from the centre of Comilla, which is on the railway line linking Dhaka to Chittagong. It can be reached by train to Comilla railway station, 9 kilometres from the MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY, or by the Dhaka -Chittagong highway. The cemetery is 1 kilometre down the road leading from Comilla to Sylinet and a short distance past the Cantonment Military Hospital. There is a C.W.G.C. road direction sign on a roundabout at the crossroad.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of LORNE GERALD DOBSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of LORNE GERALD DOBSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Lorne Gerald Dobson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Lorne Gerald Dobson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Lorne Gerald Dobson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Lorne Gerald Dobson is also 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

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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
  • Photo of LORNE GERALD DOBSON– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of LORNE GERALD DOBSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Photo of LORNE GERALD DOBSON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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