Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of JOHN SVEN OVERLAND – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of JOHN SVEN OVERLAND – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of John Sven Overland – Uncle John Overland in Scottish garb, taken in Saskatchewan.

Memorial – Sergeant John Sven Overland 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 – Sergeant John Sven Overland is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave Marker – This photo was taken this summer 2015 when my husband Glen Cook and I went to visit Uncle Johns Gravesite at the Blacon Cemetery in Chester, England. We also saw other Preeceville, Saskatchewan men that died along side with my uncle, so was happy they were placed together. I decided to dig a little hole and put a Canadian Loonie coin near John's stone, as I was the first of my family to visit the grave and I wanted Uncle John to have a little piece of Canada. RIP xx