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John Robert Mawhinney

In memory of:

Pilot Officer John Robert Mawhinney

June 7, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88628

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

550 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of William Vint Mawhinney and Benita Sarah Mawhinney; husband of Rose Adele Mawhinney, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 381 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ERAGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val d'Oise, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 5.

Location:

Eragny is a village and commune 30 kilometers north of Versailles by road, and 2.5 kilometres south of Pontoise, a town on the Paris-Dieppe road. Six airmen are buried near the eastern boundary; 5 belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Robert Mawhinney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer John Robert Mawhinney 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
  • Photo of JOHN ROBERT MAWHINNEY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOHN ROBERT MAWHINNEY– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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