Flying Officer Irvin John LABOW

1919 - 1944  (24 years)

• Name	Irvin John LABOW
  Prefix	Flying Officer
  Birth	18 Jun 1919	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	20 May 1941	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
  	C-417584; J18279
  Cause of Death	over Germany in WW II
  Gravestone	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Beachburg Union Cemetery Beachburg, Ontario Canada
  Death	31 Mar 1944	Gerolzhofen, Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Gmund am Tegernsee, Landkreis Miesbach, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany   [8]
  	Address: Durnbach War Cemetery Gmund am Tegernsee Germany
  Person ID	I93863745	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John LABEAU,   b. Apr 1890, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Nov 1964, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Jemima Pearl BRANNAN,   b. Jun 1896, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 11 May 1979, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1916	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F3539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Labow, F. I. Irvin 1919-1944 Newspaper clippings from the scrapbook collections of Lena Byce
  		Greenwood United Church Tablet dedicated to casualties of WWII soldiers, Greenwood, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Greenwood United Church WWII Honour Roll Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Flying Officer Irvin John LABOW Lest We Forget Flag, Cobden Legion initiative, sponsored by family Photographed by Fay Bennett, 2025
  		Flying Officer Irvin John LABOW Photograph from the collection of Mary Labow
  		Flying Officer Irvin John LABOW Photograph from the collection of Mary Labow
  		Pembroke War Memorial dedicated to WWII - right section photographed by Fay Bennett, Nov 2022
  		Beachburg War Memorial, Beachburg, Ontario Photographed by Fay Bennett
  		Westmeath War Memorial, Westmeath, Ontario (on the back) Photographed by Fay Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Labow, P.O. Irvin missing in action Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Labow, P.O. John Irvin presumed dead Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Labow, P.O. John Irvin posthumous award Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum
  		Labow, F/O John Irvin presumed dead (military) Newspaper clipping from Scrapbook 1939-46 donated to Ross Museum

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Labow, John Irvin (Military) Beachburg Union Cemetery, Beachburg, Ontario photographed by Fay Bennett, June 2016

  
  

  Histories

  Flying Officer Irvin John LABOW WWII Service Summary Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Attestation Papers: Religion United; single; occupation: farm labourer & truck driver; 5'6 1/2" weighing 130 lbs; blue eyes and brown hair 30 days training at Brockville in Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regt as private NOv 21 to Dec 21 1940 attended SS#9 Westmeath Twp 1924-1931; & Renfrew Collegiate one yr; 1931-1932 Employer - John Labow - farm labourer 1932-1938; Carl Price, Pembroke - Truck Driver 1938 -1941 Sports included swimming, skating, softball & hockey interested in becoming Aero Engine Mechanic references included Dr. Alexander, Beachburg, Physician and John T. Collins, Beachburg, Merchant; W. N. Whitmore - truck drivers 2 winters training at Paulson, Manitoba discharged from Airmen service on appoitment to commisioned rank Aug 13, 1943

  
  

• Sources

  [S649] Church Record - Baptism Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1041626] Church Record - Baptism Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, Renfrew Co., Ontario. [S1041922] Mil- Attestation Papers. [S1041769] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Death Registrations Online at Ancestry.ca", (Name: Subscription www.ancestry.ca;). [S1041840] Veterans Affairs Canada, Mil-Canadian Virtual War Memorial, ((www.veterans.gc.ca/eng)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S1041950] Canada., Mil-Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947, (Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada. Library and Archives Canada . https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/second-world-war-dead-1939-1947/Pages/files-second-war-dead.aspx.). [S1041841] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Mil-Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ((www.cwgc.org)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S1042410] Find A Grave, digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: 2016), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18611231/john-irvin-labow https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241545363/john-irvin-labow (Reliability: 3). [S871] Church, Les & Aldine, Newspaper - Births, Deaths and Marriages Abstracts From the Renfrew Mercury 1871 - 1924. [S651] Transcribed by Norah H. Cousins-La Rocque, Church Record - Wesleyan Methodist Marriage Transcriptions - Westmeath Pastoral Charge Wesleyan Methodist Marriages, Renfrew Co., Ontario, (Pembroke, UOVGG, Mar 1994).