Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Theodore Avedisian
In memory of:
Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian
July 30, 1942
Military Service
R/66434
24
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
149 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Additional Information
November 18, 1917
Brantford, Ontario
Son of Michael and Mary Avedisian, of Brantford, Ontario. He attended Central School and Brantford Collegiate and was a member of Central School's Skylark Club.
Sergeant James Avedisian served with the 149 East India (Fortis Nocte) Squadron . His Stirling aircraft R 9161 was shot down while returning from a raid over Saarbrucken, Germany and crashed near Regniowez, France. The other Canadian in the crew was Flight Sergeant Ernest J. Le Blanc, age 24, from St. Joseph du Moine (near Cheticamp) Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Commemorated on Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
1A. A. Coll. grave 1-6.
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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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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Memorial – Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Biography – Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Album Cover – Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 -1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me
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