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Robert James Webster

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert James Webster

May 2, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/127175

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 6, 1916
Orangeville, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 15, 1942
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Gordon Cameron Webster and Edna Kathleen Webster, of Durham, Ontario, Canada. B.Sc. Engineering (Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario).

Commemorated on Page 474 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

OUDENAARDE (AUDENARDE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

Grave 44.

Location:

The town of Oudenaarde (Audenaarde) is located south-west of the city of Gent on the N60. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 15 onto the N60 direction Oudenaarde. Follow this road to the junction with the N459, turn left here along Beverestraat to the centre of town. After crossing the railway turn directly left into J.Braetstraat, then at the first junction on the right take the left hand road called Dijkstraat, then the third turning left called Groenstraat. The cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located by the Belgian Military plot.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times May 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert James Webster– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert James Webster– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert James Webster– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– This cenotaph is located in the Town of Durham, Ontario.
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert James Webster 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
  • Memorial– Flying Officer Robert James Webster is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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