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Nelson Earl Holness

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness

February 5, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/104814

Age:

30

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

February 20, 1912
St. Sanibeher, Quebec

Enlistment:

May 19, 1941
Montreal, Quebec

Commemorated on Page 171 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY (ORAN)
Algeria

Grave Reference:

Plot E. Row C. Grave 7.

Location:

Oran is an important seaport on the Algerian coast. LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY is situated on the south-eastern outskirts of Oran, about 4 kilometres from the Place Foch, in the centre of the town. The entrance is on the Avenue de Sidi Chami, where the road forks right to the Le Petit Lac. The United Kingdom and Commonwealth war plot lies about 180 metres from the entrance, on the right of the main path. The Cemetery Register is kept in the toolshed.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness 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

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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
  • Photo of NELSON EARL HOLNESS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of NELSON EARL HOLNESS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Nelson Earl Holness– 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.43 - July 1942

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    Photo of Nelson Earl Holness – 19 OTU, RAF Kinloss, Course No.43 - July 1942
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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