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In memory of:

Squadron Leader Joseph Armand Jacques Chevrier

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Military service

Service number: C/856
Age: 24
Rank: Squadron Leader
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 130 Sqdn. (RCAF)
Birth: October 7, 1917 St-Lambert, Chambly, Québec
Enlistment: July 4, 1938 Montréal, Québec
Death: July 6, 1942 Cap-Chat, Québec

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 1. Column 4.
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Son of Dr. Aurèle Chevrier and Florina Cadieux, from St. Lambert, Chambly, Quebec.

Bachelor of Arts and graduate of COTC – NPAM – Université de Montréal, service No. 103. He served in Canada from July 4, 1938, to February 15, 1940, and in Great Britain from February 16, 1940, to April 2, 1941. Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor General, the Earl of Athlone, from August 1, 1941, to March 31, 1942.

He was reported missing during the search in the St. Lawrence River for German submarine U-132, which had just sunk three merchant ships from convoy QS-15, Anastassios Pateras at 5:20 a.m., Hainaut at 5:22 a.m., and Dinaric at 6:46 a.m. Chevrier was went missing at around 5:30 a.m.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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