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Son of Robert and Harriett Masson of Ottawa, Ontario.
Brother of Flight Sub Lieutenant Donald Howe Masson, who died on April 20, 1917, while serving with the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffery Masson attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario from 1909 to 1910.
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffrey Masson
Inscription to the memory of Donald Howe Masson and Robert Geoffrey Masson on the family grave marker in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. Donald was killed on April 20, 1917 and is buried at DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY in France. Robert was killed on May 24, 1917 and is buried at PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY in France.
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffrey Masson
Robert Geoffrey Masson's brother, Donald was also killed in the First World war. <P>
Source: The Photo and caption are from the entry for Donald Howe Masson at the this website - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
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Masson Ashbury College 1912-13
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffrey Masson
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffrey Masson
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffery Masson attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario from 1909 to 1910.
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Inscription to the memory of Donald Howe Masson and Robert Geoffrey Masson on the family grave marker in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. Donald was killed on April 20, 1917 and is buried at DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY in France. Robert was killed on May 24, 1917 and is buried at PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY in France.
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Robert Geoffrey Masson's brother, Donald was also killed in the First World war. <P> Source: The Photo and caption are from the entry for Donald Howe Masson at the this website - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
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Masson Ashbury College 1912-13
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 291 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY Nord, France
Pont du Hem is a hamlet situated on the main road from La Bassee to Estaires. Follow the D 947 from La Bassee to Estaires for 10 kilometres and the PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY lies on the left hand side of the road 5 kilometres short of Estaires.
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