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COWAN (COHEN), Henry

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
December 31, 1920
Date of Death
April 19, 1945
Place of Burial
Berlin, Germany
Cemetery
Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
24
Enlistment No.
J-12564
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Flight Lieutenant Henry Cowan, R.C.A.F., of Trout River, Quebec, was reported missing after air operations and officially presumed dead on April 19, 1945, according to an official announcement. He enlisted in the air force in Toronto on October 8, 1941, and trained as a pilot at St. Hubert, Victoriaville, Cap de la Madeleine and St. Hubert, where he graduated on July 1, 1942, and received his commission as a pilot officer. Flight Lieutenant Cowan took advanced training at Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and went overseas in October 1942, being posted first to the Coastal Command and later to the 402 (City of Winnipeg) Squadron of the Fighter Command. He was promoted to the rank of flying officer in January 1943 and one year later was promoted to flight lieutenant. While on operations over England, he had shot down a flying bomb. After his squadron was transferred to Belgium and Holland in September 1944, he shot down a Fokke Wulf 170 in an engagement over Osnabrueck, Germany, and was credited a few days after with “one damaged and one probably destroyed” after a fight over Lingen. His plane was discovered to be missing during an air operation. He was presented with the golden wings and a special posthumous citation from R.C.A.F. headquarters, in Ottawa. Flight Lieutenant Cowan was born December 31, 1920, in Dinslaken-on-the-Niederrhein, Germany.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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FRIEDMAN, Israel Joseph

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Death
October 28, 1918
Place of Burial
Nord, France
Cemetery
Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension
Age at Time of Death
29
Enlistment No.
3208156
Rank
Sapper
Unit
Canadian Railway Troops
Notes
Israel Joseph Friedman was born in Russia and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He joined the Canadian Railway Troops and was killed in action on October 28, 1918, at age 29. Officer Friedman took an officers’ training course in Calgary in 1914. His grave was discovered in the French village of Romeries in a Commonwealth war graves cemetery. He was buried with military honours.
Subjects
World War I
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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MARCUS, John Joseph

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
1912
Date of Death
December 28, 1943
Place of Burial
Bath, Somerset, England
Cemetery
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
32
Enlistment No.
J-9287
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Flight Lieutenant John Joseph Marcus, R.C.A.F., of Montreal, was officially reported killed on active service on December 28, 1943. He was buried in Haycombe Cemetery in Bath, England. Flight Lieutenant Marcus served from 1930 to 1937 aboard the H.M.C.S. Saguenay and the H.M.C.S. Champlain with the Royal Canadian Navy and from 1937 to 1940 with the Canadian merchant marine before enlisting in the air force at Montreal in 1940. He graduated from Mountain View, Ontario, in December 1941 and was awarded the Silver Wing for heading his gunnery class. He went overseas the following month and was attached to the R.A.F. On October 1, 1942, he was promoted to flying officer.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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NELSON, William Henry

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
April 02, 1917
Date of Death
November 14, 1940
Place of Burial
Surrey, England
Cemetery
Runnymede Memorial
Age at Time of Death
25
Enlistment No.
39675
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Unit
Royal Air Force
Notes
Flight Lieutenant William Nelson was from Montreal, Quebec. He was twice personally congratulated by His Majesty for his exploits as captain of a heavy bomber, received the Distinguished Flying Cross at Buckingham Palace on June 6, 1940, and thus became the first Canadian Jew to be decorated in this war. The citation read: “Nelson carried out many flights over enemy territory, always showing the greatest determination and courage. After an attack on Stavanger, Norway, he encountered a balloon barrage and sent a report to base headquarters in time to warn aircraft.” Flight Lieutenant Nelson was interested in aviation since early childhood, when he began building model airplanes, and in 1936 Flight Lieutenant Nelson worked his way across the Atlantic to join the Royal Air Force. After he overcame several obstacles to his enlistment, he was finally accepted and posted as lecturer. He was a member of the first bomber squadron to fly over German territory after the declaration of war in September 1939. He was among the airmen who raided Stavanger and the German air base at Sylt and took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was listed as missing (R.A.F. Casualty List No. 52) and was presumed killed for official purposes on May 26, 1941. Biography in comic book “Jewish War Heroes,” published by CJC. See also the Jewish Virtual Library at www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/ww2/sugar4.html.
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World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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PASCAL, Fred

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Death
August 08, 1944
Place of Burial
Calvados, France
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers
Rank
Captain
Unit
Royal Canadian Artillery
Notes
Captain Fred Pascal, R.C.A., of Montreal, died of wounds received in action in France on August 8, 1944. He was buried in the Canadian Military Cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer, France. Captain Pascal qualified for his commission with the McGill Canadian Officers Training Corps and went overseas in November 1940. He received his captaincy in April of the following year. A brother, S.A.M.S. Arthur Pascal, served overseas with the 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars. Captain Fred Pascal was the son J. Pascal (J. Pascal Hardware Company).
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
Fonds No.
CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROSENTHAL, William Guy

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
Nov. 3, 1922
Date of Death
July 25, 1943
Place of Burial
Agira, Sicily, Italy
Cemetery
Agira Canadian War Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
22
Enlistment No.
D-131028
Rank
Gunner
Unit
Royal Canadian Artillery
Notes
Gunner William Guy Rosenthal, of Montreal, was killed in action in Sicily on July 25, 1943. He was buried in the Canadian Military Cemetery at Agira. Gunner Rosenthal enlisted in the army in February 1942 and went overseas with the Royal Canadian Artillery in June of the same year. Prior to his enlistment, he had worked for the Canadian Press and had been an editor of the Fortnightly Review. In one of his last reports to the YMHA Beacon, he had written: “And when the air is once again clear from the smoky dust of fire, and when the blood of the dead and the wounded is dry, and the stench of human bodies is pure, the men who are alive after victory is achieved, with God’s aid, will return… “For they (the dead) shall not have fallen in vain. Not in a world where our holy sanctuaries are safe and unmolested, in a world where organizations, institutions of culture and learning and education are respected and upheld and supported. No price is too great to pay. No life too precious, to enforce our beliefs and ideals.” Citations received were the 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, and Memorial Bar GRVI.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
Fonds No.
CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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SHVEMAR, Max

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
1915
Date of Death
June 25, 1943
Place of Burial
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Cemetery
Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery
Enlistment No.
J-22206
Rank
Flying Officer
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Flying Officer Max Shvemar, R.C.A.F., of Montreal, was reported missing and later officially presumed dead after air operations on June 25, 1943. Flying Officer Lou Somers lost his life in the same action (see entry). Enlisting in the air force, Flying Officer Shvemar graduated as a sergeant observer from the Air Observers School at Ancienne Lorette in September 1942. After arriving overseas, he was attached to the Lion Squadron and served as a navigator aboard a Halifax bomber. A few days before he was reported missing, the aircraft in which he was flying was caught over Essen between German searchlights and anti-aircraft fire while en route to a target at Bochum.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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SOMERS, Lou Warren

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
January 21, 1918
Date of Death
June 25, 1943
Place of Burial
Gelderland, Netherlands
Cemetery
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
24
Enlistment No.
J-8219
Rank
Flying Officer
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Flying Officer Lou Warren Somers, R.C.A.F., of Toronto, Ontario, was presumed dead following air operations overseas on June 25, 1943, from which he failed to return. Flying Officer Somers was posthumously awarded the Operational Wings. Flying Officer Max Shvemar lost his life in the same action (see entry). Flying Officer Somers had also been awarded the 1939-45 Star, the Air Crew Europe Star, the Defence Medal, the General Service Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Enlisting in the air force in 1941, he trained at No. 1 Initial Training School, Aylmer, Eglinton, Portage la Prairie and at Brandon, where he won his wings. He arrived in England in late 1941 and piloted Lancaster and Halifax bombers over Germany and Italy for more than a year before he was reported missing. On the day of his last flight, his wing commander wrote to his parents that their son was due for promotion. A brother, LAC Gerald G. Somers, also served with the R.C.A.F. and was seriously wounded in active service. Dr. Lorne T. Morgan, associate professor of political economy at the University of Toronto, dedicated a pamphlet “The Permanent War” to the memory of Flying Officer Somers early in 1944. His epilogue reads: “If you’re gone, you’ve done it at the right time and in the right way… You’ll never know the anti-climax of life in the unchanged world I knew. And where you are now, you’ll never feel either economic adversity or racial discrimination. Gifted student, brilliant athlete, natural leader of your fellow men, by what right has society taken your life, on what grounds can society justify it — unless for the sake of a better world? And in the thousand deaths you must have died before you really ‘had it,’ what vision kept you going — unless it was the dream of a better world? My generation bled in vain. Have you done the same? Lou, I cannot — WILL NOT — believe it. Hail, Brother — and Farewell.”
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
Fonds No.
CJC0001
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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USHER, Moses Lewis

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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Genealogy Records
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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Date of Birth
1917
Date of Death
March 31, 1942
Place of Burial
Zetland (Shetlands), England
Cemetery
Lerwick New Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
25
Enlistment No.
J-15861
Rank
Pilot Officer
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Pilot Officer Moses Lewis Usher of Montreal, Quebec, was reported killed in action overseas on March 31, 1942. He was interred in Lerwick Cemetery in the Shetlands, the first Jew to be buried in the islands. The R.A.F. placed a special aircraft at the disposal of Chaplain H.I. Alexander to enable him to reach the Shetlands to perform the burial. Pilot Officer Usher joined the McGill University Canadian Officers Training Corps at the outbreak of the war and enlisted in the air force in June 1940. He trained at the No. 1 Wireless School, Montreal, and later at Fingal, Ontario, where he received his wings in December 1940. He was sent overseas in February 1941 and was attached to a Halifax bomber squadron as a wireless air gunner. He participated in raids over enemy territory, including an attack on Nuremberg. Pilot Officer Usher was presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth when they visited his station. Word of his death reached his family several days before the announcement of his commission.
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World War II
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Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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CJC0001
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