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- Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany 5
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ADILMAN, Bernard (Birney) Mortimer
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy11
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- 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.)
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- World War II
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- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
BLOCH, Harry
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy52
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Date of Birth
- July 10, 1912
- Date of Death
- February 02, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 32
- Enlistment No.
- J-35755
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Harry Bloch of Windsor, Ontario, who was listed as missing on February 2, 1945, was reported killed in action in August 1945. Flying Officer Bloch enlisted at Windsor on September 1, 1942. After training at Belleville, he received his navigator's wing and commission at London, Ontario, in September 1943 and went overseas in February 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
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- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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CHESS, James Barry
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy74
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Date of Death
- January 21, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Berlin, Germany
- Cemetery
- Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-86590
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer James Chess of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was reported missing after air operations and presumed dead on January 21, 1944, according to an official announcement. He enlisted in the air force in August 1941. He trained as a wireless air gunner at Mossbank, Saskatchewan, and proceeded overseas in May 1943. Pilot Officer Chess was awarded his operational wings posthumously.
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- World War II
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- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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COHEN, Ashton Irving (Irving Ashton)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy77
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- October 9, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-87301
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Ashton Irving Cohen of Ottawa, Ontario, was for official purposes presumed dead (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 1230) on June 25, 1945. He had been listed missing on R.C.A.F. Casualty List 1040 on November 15, 1944.
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- World War II
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- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
COHEN, Samuel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy87
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Death
- November 22, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-16097
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Lieutenant Samuel Cohen of Montreal, Quebec, was listed missing after air operations and presumed dead on November 22, 1944. Flight Lieutenant Cohen enlisted in the air force and received his wings as a navigator in October 1941 at Fingal, Ontario. He went overseas and received his commission in January 1943. He was on a third tour of operations when reported missing in Holland. A brother, Captain Maurice S. Cohen, served overseas with the R.C.A.M.C.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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COWAN (COHEN), Henry
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy 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.
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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FELDMAN, Jacob
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy126
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Birth
- July 31, 1923
- Date of Death
- December 29, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- C-95293
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Jacob Feldman of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead on December 29, 1944, according to an official announcement. Enlisting in the air force in 1941, Pilot Officer won his wings in London, England, in July 1944. He was on his 16th air operation when he failed to return from a flight over Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany. At the time, he was serving with the Moose Squadron as flight engineer in an aircraft named by crew members “Q for Queenie.” Pilot Officer Feldman’s commission was announced after he was reported missing.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GARFIN, Irving Walter
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Birth
- October 07, 1914
- Date of Death
- June 06, 1942
- Place of Burial
- Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Sage War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 27
- Enlistment No.
- R-61116
- Rank
- Warrant Officer (Class II)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Warrant Officer (Class II) Irving Garfin of Edmonton, Alberta, was reported missing and presumed dead on June 6, 1942, according to an official announcement. Warrant Officer Garfin enlisted in the air force in September 1940 and was immediately sent to the manning depot at Toronto. After training at various stations in Canada, Warrant Officer Garfin graduated as a pilot at Saskatoon in June 1941. In July 1941 he was sent to England and was posted to the first Canadian Torpedo Bomber Squadron No. 415. He declined a position as instructor in navigation in order to do combat flying. In June 1942, he piloted one of the two aircraft which were reported to have hit, and probably sunk, a German vessel off the cost of Holland. John Clare, an R.C.A.F. officer who knew Garfin in the United Kingdom, wrote about him, stating, “... He was one of the best pilots in the squadron. In test after test he scored the highest marks in a long period of waiting while the squadron trained for its grim job....”
- Subjects
- World War II
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- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GARSHOWITZ, Abram (Albert)
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- Date of Birth
- December 11, 1921
- Date of Death
- May 17, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- H-84377
- Rank
- Warrant Officer (Class II)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Warrant Officer Garshowitz enlisted in the air force in 1940. After training at Brandon and Montreal, he received his wings at the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario, on April 1942 and proceeded overseas. He participated in raids over France, Italy and Germany, and was one of the R.C.A.F. members especially chosen for the successful blasting of the Mohne Dam in Germany on May 17, 1943. Attached to RAF Squadron 617, which became known as The Dambuster Squadron, he was the wireless operator of Lancaster Bomber AJ-B. His aircraft crashed at Marbeck, Germany, after hitting a hydro pylon while flying at low altitude during “Operation Chastise” on route to the Mohne Dam. The aircraft in which Garshowitz served as wireless air gunner was reported shot down by anti-aircraft fire as it approached the target. His crew was buried in the local cemetery at Borken, and re-interred at Reichswald in 1948. A Star of David is found on his tombstone. Warrant Officer (Class II) Abram Garshowitz of Hamilton, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead following air operations over enemy territory, according to an official report. In a letter to Garshowitz's parents, the Hon. Vincent Massey, then-Canadian High Commissioner in London, paid tribute to Garshowitz's courage. Garshowitz enlisted in the air force in 1940. After training at Brandon and Montreal, he received his wings at the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario, on April 1942 and proceeded overseas. He participated in raids over France, Italy and Germany.
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GENNIS, Max
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Date of Birth
- May 08, 1918
- Date of Death
- December 16, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Berlin, Germany
- Cemetery
- Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 25
- Enlistment No.
- J-22054
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Max Gennis of Ottawa, Ontario, was reported missing on December 16, 1943, and was subsequently presumed dead for official purposes. He enlisted in the air force in June 1941 and trained as a bombardier. He graduated in 1942 at the head of his class in the Bombing and Gunnery School at St. Johns, Quebec, receiving his commission at the same time. 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.)
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GILBERT, George Lyon
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Date of Birth
- September 03, 1914
- Date of Death
- October 15, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Sage War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 30
- Enlistment No.
- J-40032
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer George Lyon Gilbert of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing after air operations over Wilhelmshaven and was presumed dead on October 15, 1944, according to an official report. He enlisted in the air force in July 1942 and obtained his wings at the No. 1 Air Observers School at Malton in December 1943. He sailed for England in April 1944. In England he served with the City of Vancouver No. 405 (R.C.A.F. Pathfinder) Squadron. “Everything is in our favour now. Nothing can stop us and nothing will, until our lads are in Berlin,” he wrote to his mother on September 2, 1944.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GLASSBERG, Jack
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Date of Birth
- 1922
- Date of Death
- March 02, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Hamburg, Germany
- Cemetery
- Hamburg Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- J-18551
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Jack Glassberg of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing and presumed dead on March 3, 1943. Sergeant Glassberg joined the R.C.A.F. in 1941 and graduated from Mountain View as an observer in May 1942. He served overseas with a French-Canadian R.C.A.F. squadron. (Source: Canadian Jews in World War II)
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GOLDWATER, Mark
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Birth
- January 04, 1925
- Date of Death
- December 12, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 19
- Enlistment No.
- R-273033
- Rank
- Flight Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Sergeant Mark Goldwater, R.C.A.F., of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing and was officially presumed dead after air operations on December 12, 1944. He enlisted in the air force on September 1, 1943, and graduated as air gunner from Mont Joli on March 10, 1944. He proceeded overseas in May. He was awarded his operational wings posthumously.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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GUREVITCH, Cecil
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy208
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- January 05, 1916
- Date of Death
- January 15, 1945
- Place of Burial
- Berlin, Germany
- Cemetery
- Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- J-36390
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Cecil Gurevitch of Calgary, Alberta, was listed missing after air operations overseas on January 15, 1945, and was subsequently presumed dead. He enlisted in the air force in May 1942 and proceeded overseas in March 1944. Flying Officer Gurevitch was born in Romania.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
HARRISON, Robert William
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy213
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- November 02, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Rheinberg War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 32
- Enlistment No.
- J-37741
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Squadron
- Notes
- Flying Officer Robert W. Harrison of Elmwood, Manitoba, was reported missing and presumed dead on November 2, 1944, according to an official report.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
HOFFMAN, Theodore Robert
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
- Date of Birth
- 1923
- Date of Death
- July 30, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Cemetery
- Kiel War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- J-9740
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force, 77 (R.A.F.) Squadron
- Notes
- Flying Officer Theodore Hoffman of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead on July 30, 1943, according to an official announcement. Flying Officer Hoffman enlisted in the air force in June 1941 and after training at St. Thomas and at the No. 16 Bomber and Pilot School at Hagersville, where he completed the course with the highest standing, was given his commission on January 9, 1942.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
JENSKY, Jacob
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy240
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- August 31, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Rheinberg War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 32
- Enlistment No.
- R-141694
- Rank
- Flight Sergeant
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Sergeant Jacob Jensky of Montville, Massachusetts, was reported missing on active service overseas and presumed dead on August 31, 1943, according to an official announcement. He joined the R.C.A.F. in Montreal on January 1, 1942.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
KARREL, Curdis
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Death
- July 29, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Cemetery
- Kiel War Cemetery
- Enlistment No.
- J-88620
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel of Sydney, Nova Scotia, was reported missing after air operations overseas and presumed dead, according to an official announcement.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
KELLNER (KELNER), Norman
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy245
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Birth
- 1920
- Date of Death
- June 22, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- J-18252
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Norman Kellner of Toronto, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead following air operations over Germany, according to an official announcement. Enlisting in the air force in 1941, Pilot Officer Kellner trained at Mountain View and received his wings at St. Hubert, Quebec, as a sergeant observer. On one of his missions, he flew a Halifax over Berlin. Three brothers served in the army: Irving in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, David in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, and Morris in another regiment. A sister, Ruth, served with the Women’s Division of the R.C.A.F. Corporal Irving Kellner was wounded during the campaign in Belgium (Toronto Star, November 1, 1944).
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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KIRSCH, Abraham Lionel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy249
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- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
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- textual record
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- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
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- textual record
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- Date of Birth
- February 27, 1924
- Date of Death
- September 13, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany
- Cemetery
- Durnbach War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- J-25463
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flight Lieutenant Abraham Kirsch of Montreal, Quebec, was reported missing and presumed dead after his 21st mission, on September 13, 1944, according to an official report. Flight Lieutenant Kirsch enlisted in the air force on February 27, 1942, his 18th birthday. He was posted to the precision squad at Lachine and proceeded from there to the initial training school at Victoriaville, where he finished first in his course. In April 1943, he received his wings and commission at St. Hubert and then took special training at Summerside. He went overseas in July and after operational training was posted to the command of a Lancaster bomber. In September of the same year he was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant.
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- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
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- CJC0001
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- Genealogy Records
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- Canadian Jewish Archives
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