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Military service
Service number:
J/95080
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 18, 1920
St. Norbert, Manitoba
Enlistment:
August 25, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 15, 1944
Grunwald, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 25. C. 1-4.
Additional information
Son of Alphonse Champagne, of St. Norbert, Manitoba. He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 1,147 days of service, including 307 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, France-Germany Star, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, operational wings.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
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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 Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
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Record of Service
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Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Roland Marcel Joseph Champagne
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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