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Military service
Service number:
E/52744
Age:
29
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. B. 16.
Additional information
Born 22 February 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Havlin Chalmers of Verdun, Quebec and husband of Edith Chalmers, of Verdun, Quebec. Brother of Thomas, Daniel Robert and Mary. Corporal Chalmers served in Canada from 18 February 1942 to 13 May 1943, the United Kingdom from 14 May 1943 to 2 July 1944 and North Western Europe from 3 July 1944 to his death.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Corporal James Cooper Chalmers
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Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cooper Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cooper Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Corporal James Cooper Chalmers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 270 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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