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In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Herbert Alfred Chislett

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Military service

Service number: R/101535
Age: 23
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 50 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: December 5, 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: April 17, 1941 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death: August 16, 1942 Krefield, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 28. G. 18.
Additional information
Son of Alfred Edward Chislett and Laura Emily Clarke, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

He was a private with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Winnipeg Rifles – NPAM – service No. H-520416, from October 9, to November 7, 1940.

He served in Canada and Britain. He was reported missing when his Lancaster Bomber did not return from a night air raid over the German city of Düsseldorf. He had 486 days of service, 298 of which were overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 , Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Bar, Operational Wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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