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Jeffrey Thomas Ernest Chalk

In memory of:

Sergeant Jeffrey Thomas Ernest Chalk

July 13, 1944
Chevillon, Haute-Marne, France

Military Service


Service Number:

R/209550

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

16 6(R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Medal with bar, operational wings.

Additional Information


Born:

December 31, 1921
Woodstock, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 31, 1942
London, Ontario

Son of Thomas and Hilda M. Chalk, of Woodstock, Ontario.

Brother of Leading Aircraftwoman J.M. Chalk, service number W-313889, Women's Royal Canadian Air Force. She survived the war.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 506 days of service, including 256 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHEVILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Haulte-Marne, France

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 249.

Location:

Chevillon is a village 46 kilometres north of Chaumont, and 16 kilometres south-east of St Dizier. CHEVILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies on the western side of the village, on the road to Rachecourt-sur-Marne. The graves of 7 British, 1 Canadian and 2 Australian airmen are to the right of the central path from the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Jeffrey Thomas Ernest Chalk is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Jeffrey Thomas Ernest Chalk is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of JEFFREY THOMAS ERNEST CHALK– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JEFFREY THOMAS ERNEST CHALK– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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