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Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis

March 14, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

C/8309

Age:

34

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

April 16, 1910
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis and Frances Geraldine Fitzgerald Jarvis of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Dorothy Elenita Wilson Jarvis of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 528 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

LAJES WAR CEMETERY
Azores

Grave Reference:

Row C. Grave 4.

Location:

This cemetery, on the Island of Terceira, is about 1.5 kilometres from the town of Lajes and is some 22.5 kilometres from Angra, the principal town and only port on the island. It is situated in open country and on one side borders the main road from Angra to Lajes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of LEONARD FITZGERALD JARVIS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Honour roll– In memory of the Ashbury College alumni and staff who gave their lives in Word War I, World War II and the Korean War. Plaque erected in the Ashbury College Chapel, 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa
  • Newspaper Clipping– This article, with photo, on Flt. Lt. L. F. Jarvis is from the March 20, 1945 Ottawa Citizen.
  • Memorial Stained Glass– Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.

2041 F/L Air Gunner Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis (RMC 1928) was the son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Leonard Fitzgerald Jarvis and Frances Geraldine Fitzgerald Jarvis of Ottawa, Ontario. He was the husband of Dorothy Elenita Wilson Jarvis of Ottawa, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on March 14, 1945 at 34 years of age. He was buried in the Lajes War Cemetery on the Island of Terceira, Azores.

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