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Robert Eldyrn Currie

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie

June 25, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/17355

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of Ross Randolph and Marion Alice Currie, of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 150 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

X. 17. 22.

Location:

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is located in the north east corner of Brussels in the district of Evere. Follow the E40 Brussels-Luik road in the direction of Brussels and leave at junction 19 signposted Woluwe and Evere. Follow the sign Evere to the right and continue 500 M along the Avenue des Communautes to the first set of traffic lights. Go straight ahead here and down the Avenue Ciceron to turn left around the roundabout at the bottom of the road. The entrance to the BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY is then on your right. Follow the main avenue through the cemetery as far as you can go and the Commission plot is on your left.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Robert Eldyrn Currie is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ROBERT ELDYRN CURRIE– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Casualty Notification Form– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Gravemarker
  • Newspaper Clipping– The Red Deer Advocate 3 Nov 43
P/O Currie was the son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Currie, North Red Deer, Alberta.
Information about the crash from www.lostbombers.co.uk
Airborne 2314 24Jun43 from Kirmington. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Hoffman, 11./NJG5) and crashed 0151 at Dessel (Antwerpen), Belgium. All are buried in Brussels Town Cemetery. P/O R.E.Currie RCAF KIA Sgt N.A.M.Cawthra KIA F/S N.B.Touzel KIA Sgt G.H.Williams KIA Sgt F.Needham KIA 'Air Battle of the Ruhr', A.Cooper, records F/S N.B,Touzel as F/S N.Towzel. "
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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