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Son of Robert Masson of Ottawa, Ontario.
Brother of Flight Lieutenant Robert Geoffrey Masson, who died on May 24, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sub Lieutenant Donald Howe Masson
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Flight Sub Lieutenant Donald Howe Masson
Inscriptions 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 and Robert was killed on May 24, 1917 and is buried at PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY in France.
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Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute roll
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From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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Inscriptions 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 and Robert was killed on May 24, 1917 and is buried at PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY in France.
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Donald Howe Masson's brother, Robert, was also killed in the First World War.<P> Source: The Photo and caption are from the entry for Robert Geoffrey Masson at the website - The Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
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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
DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY Nord, France
DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY is at the south-eastern corner of the town of Dunkirk, immediately south of the canal and on the road to Veurne (Furnes) in Belgium. The British War Graves Plot is divided from the main cemetery by a hedge, and is entered through the columns of the Dunkirk Memorial.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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