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Donovan Joseph Trapp

In memory of:

Lieutenant Donovan Joseph Trapp

July 19, 1918

Military Service

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

85th Squadron

Additional Information

Son of Thomas John and Nellie Kathleen Trapp, of New Westminster, British Columbia. Brother of Flight Sub Lieutenant George Leonard Trapp, who was killed in action on November 13, 1917, while serving with the Royal Air Naval Service. He is buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery. Brother of Flight Sub Lieutenant Stanley Valentine Trapp, who was killed in action on December 10, 1916, while serving with the Royal Air Naval Service. He is buried at the Beavual Communal Cemetery.

Commemorated on Page 594 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ANZAC CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

Sp. Mem. 6.

Location:

Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the left bank of the River Lys. The Cemetery is on the north-west side of the road to Estairs opposite the Canadian Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of July 24, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y196uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of July 24, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y196uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Grave Marker– Memorial Grave of Lieut. Donovan Joseph Trapp 85th Squadron. R.F.C. (R.A.F.) KIA July 19th 1918 France Photo of memorial grave taken in the New Westmister B.C. Canada City Cemetery Dec. 29th 2002

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    Grave Marker – Memorial Grave of Lieut. Donovan Joseph Trapp 85th Squadron. R.F.C. (R.A.F.) KIA July 19th 1918 France Photo of memorial grave taken in the New Westmister B.C. Canada City Cemetery Dec. 29th 2002
  • Photo of Donovan Joseph Trapp– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Donovan Joseph Trapp – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Biography– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Biography – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Memorial – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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