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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

John Wellesley Munro

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman John Wellesley Munro

May 5, 1941
Uplands, Ontario

Military Service

Service Number:

R/74211

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Born:

September 11, 1915

Son of Norman Cuthbert Munro and Georgie Munro, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 39 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sec. 30. Lot 167.

Location:

OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.

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– Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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    Memorial – Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.

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    Grave marker – Headstone at Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa.
  • Grave marker– Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery

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    Grave marker – Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Munro– Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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    Photo of John Munro
    Photo of John Munro – Photo courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.

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