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John Kenneth Conn

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II John Kenneth Conn

December 11, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/90523

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

272 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

June 17, 1916
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 20, 1941
North Bay, Ontario

Son of Charles A. Conn and Christina M. Conn, of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. Brother of Corporal Howard Patterson Conn, who died on September 9, 1944, while serving with the Algonquin Regiment.

Commemorated on Page 65 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Grave Reference:

B. H. 18.

Location:

The Cemetery lies 5 kilometres south-west of Haifa on the Tel-Aviv highway.

From the main Tel-Aviv highway No. 2, join road No. 4. After 500 metres the cemetery is on the right hand side but it is hidden from view behind a wall. The entrance is the second gate along this wall. Parking is available inside the civil cemetery. Once inside, the cemetery entrance is on the right hand side, 100 metres along.

The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.

Wheelchair access to the cemetery possible via main entrance. For further information and enquiries please contact maoffice@cwgc.org

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Cornwall (Ontario) Daily Standard Freeholder newspaper c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: picture Me

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