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- 2nd Canadian Cemetery, Sunken Road Contalmaison 1
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AARON, Elmer Oscar
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy1
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- May 07, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Loiret, France
- Cemetery
- Orleans Main Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 23
- Enlistment No.
- J- 25067
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Elmer Aaron was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the RCAF in Montreal in March 1942 and received his commission as a flying officer in October 1943 (in England). Flying Officer Aaron had completed 14 missions and had been forced to bail out of his ships twice before his last flight. He was participating in a raid on Tours in France and was about fifteen miles from his objective when his squadron was caught in a concentration of anti-aircraft fire. Four planes were seen to burst into flames, and it was later announced that nine craft of this squadron had failed to return. (Canadian Jews in World War II)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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ABELSON, Charles Robert
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy2
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1920
- Date of Death
- October 14, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Cemetery
- Halifax Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- D-124550
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- Canadian Army Dental Corps
- Notes
- Private Charles Abelson of Montreal, Quebec, was presumed to have died on October 14, 1942, according to an official announcement. He was aboard the S.S. Caribou, which was torpedoed and sank in Cabot Strait. He happened to be aboard the ill-fated ship because he had overstayed his leave and missed the transport on which he had been scheduled to sail. Private Abelson joined the army in Montreal on May 6, 1940.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ABELSON, Lawrence Balfour
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy3
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- June 29, 1922
- Date of Death
- November 15, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Cheshire, England
- Cemetery
- Chester (Blacon) Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- J-9152
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Lawrence Abelson of Ottawa, Ontario, was killed during a training flight (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. A-730). He was awarded his Operation Wing posthumously. Flying Officer “Duke” Abelson enlisted in the Air Force on November 6, 1940, and trained at Victoriaville, Quebec, and Regina, Saskatchewan, before graduating as Observer from Mossbank, Saskatchewan, where he was awarded a gold R.C.A.F. disc for leading his class. He was stationed at Rivers, Manitoba, when he was commissioned. After serving as an instructor at Chatham, New Brunswick, and Mountain View, Ontario, Flying Officer Abelson proceeded overseas in the fall of 1942. Before being attached to the No. 418 R.C.A.F. (City of Edmonton) Mosquito Squadron, he took a wireless course in England. Honours and awards: Defence Medal; CVSM & Clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Aircrew Europe Star. (From “There I Was ... A Collection of Reminiscences by Members of the Ottawa Jewish Community Who Served in World War II,” published by the Ottawa Post Jewish War Veterans and the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ABENDANA, Eric Montague
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy4
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- October 16, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, France
- Cemetery
- Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
- Age at Time of Death
- 26
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Unit
- 2nd Canadian Engineers
- Notes
- Lieutenant Eric Abendana of Port Antonio, Jamaica, was appointed to the Canadian Engineers in 1916 and went overseas with the 4th Divisional Engineers the following June. In England he was seconded for duty under the War Office in charge of the construction of aerodromes. On rejoining the Engineers, 14th Field Company, he went to France in the spring of 1918 and was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, C.E., in July. Three months later he died of pleurisy at No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station. (Source: Veterans Affairs Canada web site)
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ABRAHAMSON, Charles Oscar
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy5
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- May 21, 1897
- Date of Death
- March 03, 1917
- Place of Burial
- Pas de Calais, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 23
- Enlistment No.
- 443201
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
- Unit
- 54th Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
- Notes
- Lance Corporal Charles Abrahamson was from Revelstoke, British Columbia. (British Jewry Book of Honour WWI written by Rabbi Dr. H. Abramowitz, Senior Chaplain to the British Forces)
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ABRAMS, Hyman David
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy6
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1916
- Date of Death
- August 03, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Devon, England
- Cemetery
- Exeter Jewish Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- J-5089
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Hyman Abrams, R.C.A.F., of Montreal, was killed in a flying accident overseas on August 3, 1941, according to an official report. He had been in England only six weeks when he met his death. He enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in July 1940 and was given a commission as observer after graduating from Rivers, Manitoba, in May 1941. He went overseas the following month, one of the first members of the R.C.A.F. to cross the Atlantic aboard a bomber. A brother, William Abrams, was the first executive secretary of the War Efforts Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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ABRAMSON (ABRAHAM), Mark Leslie
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy8
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- November 21, 1919
- Date of Death
- May 16, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Assens, Denmark
- Cemetery
- Assens (Fyn) New Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- J-15627
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Mark Abramson, of Ottawa, Ontario, was for official purposes presumed dead (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 1152) on May 16, 1944, after having been listed missing after air operations (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 913). He enlisted in the air force on July 1, 1940, and after graduating as a sergeant observer at Rivers, Manitoba, in February 1941 was posted overseas a month later. He was promoted to the rank of flying officer on August 10, 1942. Flying Officer Abramson participated in many flights over Nazi territory and was nearing completion of his second tour of operations when he was reported missing. (Canadian Jews in World War II.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ABRAMSON, David
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy7
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- May 10, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Toronto, Ontario
- Cemetery
- Toronto (Mount Sinai) Memorial Park
- Age at Time of Death
- 34
- Enlistment No.
- S/39116
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
- Notes
- Signalman David Abramson, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, of Ansonville, Ontario, was reported dangerously ill on September 26, 1944 (Casualty List M-616). He served overseas before he was discharged.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ACKER, Sidney
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy9
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- 1919
- Date of Death
- November 03, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Toronto, Ontario
- Cemetery
- Toronto (Roselawn) Hebrew Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 23
- Enlistment No.
- R-129960
- Rank
- Leading Aircraftman
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Leading Aircraftman Sidney Acker, of Guelph, Ontario (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 416, November 6, 1942), was killed when the Anson bomber in which he was flying crashed at Dorchester, Ontario.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
ADELMAN, Archie
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy10
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- December 17, 1919
- Date of Death
- August 11, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 24
- Enlistment No.
- D-27062
- Rank
- Guardsman
- Unit
- Canadian Grenadier Guards
- Notes
- Guardsman Archie Adelman of Montreal, Quebec, was killed in action in France on August 11, 1944, according to an official announcement. Guardsman Adelman enlisted with the Canadian Grenadier Guards in 1941 and went overseas in 1942. He trained in England for two years. He was with the invasion forces on D-Day and was serving as a tank crew member with the 22nd Armoured Regiment in France when he lost his life. A brother, Corporal Harry Adelman, also served overseas with the R.C.E.M.E. (Canadian Jews in World War II.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ADILMAN, Bernard (Birney) Mortimer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy11
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- October 01, 1917
- Date of Death
- January 06, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany
- Cemetery
- Durnbach War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 27
- Enlistment No.
- J-6390
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Lieutenant Birney Adilman, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was reported missing in action overseas and presumed dead. Enlisting in the Air Force in October 1940, Flight Lieutenant Adilman went overseas as a bomber pilot in July 1941. He completed a tour of operations in Hampdens and Wellingtons and was posted to a Canadian operational training unit in England as an instructor before gong on leave in June 1944. He flew on missions over Hamburg, Essen, Paris, Bremen and Cologne, and laid mines at Kiel, Lorient and off the Dutch coast. He was forced to make four crash landings. He was pilot of an aircraft in a squadron that raided the Gnome-Rhone works outside Paris on June 19, 1942, without dropping his bombs. "We spent twenty minutes over the target but the cloud was too thick and we couldn't pinpoint the target," Flight Lieutenant Adilman reported on his return to base. (Canadian Jews in World War II.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Adolphe Sherman and Sadie Pakefsky's (Pascovsky) engagement portrait.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105218
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0010; OJA 1-862
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Item No.
- OJA 1-862
- Physical Condition
- Crease down centre of photograph. Folds in corners.
- Notes
- Inscription on verso indicates there were 200 or less Jewish people in Ottawa at this time and all were invited to the wedding.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adolphe Sherman fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101270
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 5 files, multiple media.
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Date
- 1927-1943
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Adolphe Sherman's personal scrapbook started in July 1931; News clippings detailing Adolphe Sherman’s Jewish community life; A history of B'nai Jacob congregation; Certificates belonging to Adolph and Sadie Sherman; A large selection of family photographs; Sherman and Maser family…
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 5 files, multiple media.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Adolphe Sherman's personal scrapbook started in July 1931; News clippings detailing Adolphe Sherman’s Jewish community life; A history of B'nai Jacob congregation; Certificates belonging to Adolph and Sadie Sherman; A large selection of family photographs; Sherman and Maser family clippings; Family history chart (descendents of Adolphe Eidel Sherman and Shuvah Paskefsky); Three photographic albums; A large number of loose photographs of family members and family trips; Photocopied records from B'nai Jacob (some documents in Hebrew, others typed 1930's lists of congregation members); A newspaper obituary for "Mrs. Max Friedman," Jerry Friedman's mother; A large number of family vacation photographs (Austria, Venice, England, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Prince Edward Island, a Mediterranean cruise, Paris, Athens, Majorica, Zurich, Mexico); A 1931 trophy from B’nai Jacob Congregation Auxiliary; Two photocopies of an old photograph of Sadie Pascovsky and her brother (see note 1); Various photographs of Jerry Friedman's parents, Max and Ethyl, photocopies of old family photographs; Two photographs from Paul Smolkin's bar mitzvah,1964; An envelope for photographs stamped with Friedman's Pharmacy on it; A photograph of Alex Sherman, Adolphe's brother; A photograph from Jack Young and Rose Young's wedding in Ottawa,1952; Photograph of Paul Smolkin at two months old, 1954; Photographs from Rideau View Golf Club and a family ski trip to an unidentified hill; A file on Alex Sherman (Mr. Records) containing two photographs and an article on him and his record buying business from Star Weekly Magazine, December 12, 1959; Various photographs of Perley-Ann Friedman; A file of photographs and some magazine articles featuring Sylvia and her Red Cross work; A group of photographs and a signed wedding resgistration sheet from Sylvia and Jerry's white wedding album; A letter from Peter Abramoff from Fort Myers, Florida, asking Perley-Ann for information regarding the Sherman side of the family; A large file of photographs and documents pertaining to Jerry Friedman's life and work with Public Relations including articles, ID cards, documents from La Chaine Des Rotisseurs, invitation to a dinner with Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau and American President, Ronald Regan,March 10, 1981.
- Date
- 1927-1943
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Storage Location
- vault
- History / Biographical
- Adolphe Sherman (b.1888- d.1943) was born near Minsk, Russia. He spent his early years in Kiev travelling from village to village as a tailor, before arriving in Ottawa in 1903 at age 15. Adolphe Sherman was sponsored by his uncle R. H. Miller, a ladies tailor and furrier. Naturally he went to work for his uncle, working as a cutter and designer before opening his own small shop at 390 Somerset Street. The small shop was a success so he opened a larger store, A. Sherman Ladies Tailor and Furrier, at 216 Bank Street in 1912. Adolphe Sherman’s wife, Sadie Pascovsky (also seen as Pakefsky, Paskevsky, and later changed to Pascal) (b. April 7, 1886 – d. March 24, 1960) also worked in the business. Sadie was born in Odessa, Russia, and arrived in Ottawa in 1905 at age 19. She and Adolphe were married in 1905. In 1926 the Sherman’s were living at 406 Bay Street. Adolphe Sherman was President of the B’nai Jacob Congregation (1930-1935) and was responsible for rebuilding the James Street synagogue. He laid the cornerstone for the synagogue in 1931. He was also active in other Ottawa Jewish organizations; serving as Vice-President of the Ottawa Talmud Torah Board, vice-chairman of the Keren Hayesod Campaign for 1933, and was an active member of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. He was also one of the original members of the Ottawa Vaad Ha'ir which was formed in 1934. Adolphe Sherman enjoyed taking his family on motor trips to New York and Philadelphia to visit relatives. He also undertook an extended business and pleasure trip in the winter of 1932 to New York, the Caribbean, Panama and parts of South America. These trips were extensively photographed and documented within the collection. Adolphe and Sadie had three daughters: Sylvia (Friedman), Anne (Aaron) and Dorothy (Maser). Sylvia married Jerry Friedman (Jeremiah Abraham Friedman) in January of 1953 at B'nai Jacob Synagogue. They had one daughter, Perley-Ann Friedman. Anne married Louis Aaron and Dorothy married Dave Maser. Adolphe Sherman’s brother, Alex Sherman, (b. unknown d. May 24, 1975).was a prolific music man who set up record stores across Canada. He acquired the name of Mr. Records, becoming the head of the "Excellent record studio and label." He was among the promoters and organizers that arranged for Elvis Presley‘s concert at The Auditorium music hall in April, 1957. He was the father of Allan Sherman and grandfather of Felicia Sherman and Jennifer Sherman.
- Acquisition Source
- Sylvia Friedman (1991, 2012).
- Sharon Edelson, Family history chart, (August 2010).
- Notes
- 1. Inscription on a photocopied photograph of Sadie and her brother reads: "This is Maw and her brother who lived in New York. He was married to Mrs. Epstine [sic]'s sister. Maw was 18 when the picture was taken in Russia. They never had any children" 2. Numerous unscanned photographs in this fonds. 3. Oversize items include Adolphe's scrapbooks and Sylvia's photo albums. They are located with oversize materials for Individuals and Family fonds. 4.A hand written note within Adolphe's file implies that Sadie's sister (name not given) married a man named Max Shulman. 5.According to some sales records listed in the Ottawa Citizen, September 8, 1933, the Sherman family home was once at Charlotte and Besserer Streets and was sold to a Selena Maxwell for $31,000. 6. Apparently, when many students were forbidden to Elvis Presley but went regardless, they were expelled from school. Alex Sherman spoke to school administrators on the students' behalfs, and faciliated re-enrollment for many.
- Related Material
- B'nai Jacob Congregation fonds and David Epstein fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Adolphe Sherman with wife Sadie and daughter Sylvia.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105213
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0010; OJA 1-858
- Date
- 1925 or 1926
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1925 or 1926
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Item No.
- OJA 1-858
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is in very poor condition. Parts of photograph are missing. Adhesive was previously used to mend tears.
- Notes
- Sylvia is holding the doll, girl on left is unidentified.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
ALBERT, Saul
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy12
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- June 01, 1924
- Date of Death
- September 19, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Coriano Ridge, Italy
- Cemetery
- Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 20
- Enlistment No.
- D-142868
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 48th Highlanders of Canada
- Notes
- Private Saul Albert of Montreal, Quebec, was officially reported killed in action in Italy on September 19, 1944. He enlisted in the army in June 1943 and was sent overseas in April 1944. While overseas he was transferred to the 48th Highlanders.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Alex Sherman as a young man.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107102
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0010; OJA 1-1023
- Date
- [192-?]
- Collection
- Adolphe Sherman fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [192-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0010
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1023
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- Inscription on verso: "Uncle Alex Sherman / 22(?) years old / (Illegible)."
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
ALLEN, Lawrence Arnold
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy13
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- June 22, 1917
- Date of Death
- April 28, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
- Cemetery
- Webbekom Churchyard
- Age at Time of Death
- 26
- Enlistment No.
- J-14769
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Allen, of Windsor, Ontario, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on April 27, 1944. The citation stated: "This officer has completed, as navigator, many successful operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to Duty.” He enlisted at Windsor on July 1, 1942, and after receiving his training at the No. 5 I. T. S. and No. 1 A. D. S., he went overseas in October, where he continued his studies as a navigator. He served with the Snowy Owl Bomber Squadron in North Africa and spent his 26th birthday on a bombing mission over Italy. He later flew with the Pathfinder Squadron in attacks over Germany and was known to his comrades as "Sea Level" Allen.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ALTERSON, John
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy14
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- October 13, 1941
- Place of Burial
- Dinant, Namur, Belgium
- Cemetery
- Dinant (Citadelle) Military Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- R-70612
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Sergeant John Alterson of Punnichy, Saskatchewan, was for official purposes presumed dead on May 4, 1942, after having been listed as missing overseas on October 13, 1941. Following the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources’ announcement that it desired to give to its many previously unnamed lakes, rivers and islands the names of Saskatchewan servicemen killed on active duty in World War II, in 1951 the province named Alterson Lake in memory of Sergeant John Alterson.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ARBOUR, Abram
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy15
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1918
- Date of Death
- August 23, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 27
- Enlistment No.
- H-19489
- Rank
- Warrant Officer Class II
- Unit
- Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
- Notes
- Warrant Officer Abram Arbour of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was killed in action at Falaise. He was awarded the Military Cross, according to a Department of National Defence release (P.N. 51-45) of February 6, 1945. The citation accompanying the award read: "During the night of August 7, 1944, an infantry regiment attacked and captured the town of Fonteney-le-Marmion. On consolidation one of the companies was allotted the defence of the northern section of the town in the vicinity of battalion headquarters. During the early hours of the morning, August 8, the enemy shelled and mortared the town very heavily. The company commander was wounded and C.S.M. Arbour immediately took over command of the company and completed reorganization of the defence position. At approximately 8 a.m. an enemy counterattack in some strength moved against the company position. This attack was pinned down by small-arms fire, and C.S.M. Arbour personally formed and led a counterattack force to mop up the enemy. With utter disregard for personal danger and with absolute confidence he formed a composite force. Under covering fire from 11 and 12 platoons, they assaulted and killed or captured the enemy force which threatened his company position. C.S.M. Arbour, by his speed in handling a difficult situation, and his superb courage, was directly responsible for the battalion holding and consolidating the objective.” He enlisted with the Canadian Army on September 11, 1939, and went overseas on Aug. 24, 1940. He took part in the fighting at Caen and Dieppe.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
ASH, Joseph
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- August 17, 1920
- Date of Death
- December 12, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Surrey, England
- Cemetery
- Runnymede Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- J-10980
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Joseph Ash, of Ottawa, Ontario, was reported missing after air operations (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 468) over the North Sea on November 2, 1942, and was presumed dead (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 702) on October 9, 1943. Flying Officer Ash trained at St. Hubert, Quebec, Chatham, New Brunswick, and Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and graduated from the Initial Training School at Victoriaville, Quebec, receiving his wings in April 1942. Flying Officer Ash went overseas in May 1942 and was attached to an R.A.F. Training Flight. Honours and awards: Defence Medal; CVSM and Clasp; War Medal 1939-45. (From “There I Was ... A Collection of Reminiscences by Members of the Ottawa Jewish Community Who Served in World War II,” published by the Ottawa Post Jewish War Veterans and the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society.)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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