Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of John Smith – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Soldiers' Tower Memorial – The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed. A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.

Memorial Arch – The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Sgt J.H. SMITH R.C.A.F.” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial Room – Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.

Memorial Book – University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 65 reads: “Sgt Observer John Hodgins SMITH 22 Sqn RCAF. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering – Mining, 1933-34. Killed in an air operation overseas, 24 April 1941. Buried in St. Illogan Churchyard, Illogan, Camborne-Redruth, Cornwall, England.”

Grave marker – The headstone of the war grave of John Hodgins Smith in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Illogan, Cornwall, UK. Photographed in March 2011.