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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Edward Russell Free

In memory of:

Flying Officer Edward Russell Free

June 9, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/10060

Age:

30

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

202 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 27, 1912
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

February 25, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of James Edward and Victoria Free. of Toronto. Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 160 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

GIBRALTAR MEMORIAL
Gibraltar

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The GIBRALTAR MEMORIAL commemorates, by name, 7 soldiers from the 1914-1918 War, and 84 airmen who died during the 1939-45 War, and were buried at sea. The Memorial stands in a triangular site west of the North Front Cemetery and close to the sea and consists of screen walls of local limestone carrying panels of Cornish granite on which the names are carved.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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