Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Vernon Harvey Halstead

In memory of:

Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead

January 15, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

J/36270

Age:

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Carl Nelson Halstead and Jean Elizabeth Halstead, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 521 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Joint grave 6. J. 26-27.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Memorial – Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Memorial – Flying Officer Vernon Harvey Halstead is also commemorated 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
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Photo of Vernon Harvey Halstead – Vernon Harvey Halstead at about 15 years old (about 1939).
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Photo of Vernon Halstead – Photo of Vernon Halstead and his grandfather Albert Halstead, taken 1942-44, at the farm home of Vern's uncle, J. Milne in the R.M. of Roland. Mb.
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Family Photo – Carl Halstead, Jean Halstead (nee Thexton), Vernon Harvey Halstead, friend Annabel... November 3, 1942
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Photo 2 of Family – Family Pride: Vernon Harvey Halstead (standing), brother Bill, mother Jean Halstead (nee Thexton), father Carl Halstead.
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Photo of Vernon Halstead – Vernon Halstead, 1943, Bournemouth England
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Group Photo – Crew of Lancaster LL959 Photo courtesy of Wickenby Register, England. The crew were on a mission to Merseburg, Germany, when they were shot down by flak at Breda 10 miles south of the target Only the Pilot survived and was taken PoW. Back Row Left to Right: F/L (P) Don Nelson; F/O (N) Thomas R. Murray; F/O (BA) Vernon H. Halstead; F/Sgt (AG) Cyril C. Merriman; Bottom Row Left to Right: RAF (Flt Eng). O. Old; RAF (W/T) R. Lacey; P/O (AG) Andrew M. O. Walker [Crew information from They Shall Grow Not Old, published by Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB]
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Photo 2 of Vernon Harvey Halstead – Vernon Harvey Halstead about 6 months old.
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Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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