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Military service
Service number:
R/58481
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
35 Sqdn. (R.A.F.)
Birth:
February 6, 1921
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
August 16, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 6, 1942
Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 103.
Additional information
Son of James Archibald Chisholm and Alice Laura Guichon, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
He was reported missing in action during an air raid on the German city of Emden. He served in Canada and Britain. He had 660 days of service, 354 of which were overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945 , Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
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Photo of Roderick James Chisholm
Vancouver, British Columbia. d. June 6, 1942 RCAF 35 Squadron -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Cross
Memorial Cross commenting F/S Chisholm -
Memorial Cross
Reverse of Memorial cross of RODERICK JAMES CHISHOLM -
Memorial Cross
Obverse of Memorial cross of RODERICK JAMES CHISHOLM -
Newspaper clipping
From the WW2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Roderick James Chisholm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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