Sergeant John Edmund Holbeck (1923-1943)

Sergeant John Edmund Holbeck Veteran

Birth

2 May 1923

Cottam, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

Death

6 Nov 1943 (aged 20)

City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Cenotaph

Greenhill Cemetery

Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Show Map

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Military Service

Service Number: R/197059

Age: 19

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant / Air Gunner.

John died when his aircraft collided with Wellington Ln295 over Alconbury during an evening cross-country exercise.

He is remembered on a marker here at Greenhill Cemetery but he is buried at Botley Cemetery in England. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.

Military Service

Service Number: R/197059

Age: 19

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Sergeant / Air Gunner.

John died when his aircraft collided with Wellington Ln295 over Alconbury during an evening cross-country exercise.

He is remembered on a marker here at Greenhill Cemetery but he is buried at Botley Cemetery in England. Family links are attached to the burial memorial.

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