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Military service
Service number:
R/102577
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
458 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 31, 1922
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 24, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
February 25, 1943
Near Capri, Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 11, Column 1.
Additional information
Son of Ernest Alfred and Gertrude Maud (née Thomson) Sheffield, of Hollyburn, West Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of John, Edward, Jack and Helen.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 24 June 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Robert Alfred Philip Sheffield
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Photo of ROBERT ALFRED PHILIP SHEFFIELD
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Robert Alfred Philip Sheffield
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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