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In memory of:

Pilot Officer Joseph Marie Antoine Laurent Charest

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Military service

Service number: J/87274
Age: 26
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 405 Sqdn.
Birth: July 5, 1917 Therford Mines, Mégantic, Québec
Enlistment: Quebec, Québec
Death: January 30, 1944 Teschendorf, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 249.
Additional information
Son of Wilfrid Charest and Marie Anne Bergeron, of Thetford, Mines, Quebec.

He was a soldier in the Régiment de la Chaudière in Mégantic, Quebec, from November 22, 1940 to December 21, 1940 under the NRMA of 1940. He signed Laurent Charest.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 873 days of service, including 299 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-43 Star with Ribbon, 1939-45 Star, Europe Star, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar, Operational Wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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