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Military service
Service number:
R/78265
Age:
36
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
January 1, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. 27. 8.
Additional information
Son of Charles E. N. and Jane E. Ostrom Medforth; husband of Joyce E. Medforth, of Islington, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
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Photo of ROBERT CHARLES MEDFORTH
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Photo of ROBERT CHARLES MEDFORTH
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MEDFORTH, ROBERT CHARLES LAC R78265 – aero engine mechanic. 403 Sqn RCAF From Pennant, Saskatchewan. Killed in action Jan 1/45 age 36. #6403 Servicing Echelon, Belgium. Died of injuries sustained when the airfield at RAF Station Evere, Belgium was strafed by enemy aircraft. Leading Aircraftsman Medforth is buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere-les-Bruxelles, Belgium. Info extracted from https://athabaskang07.wordpress.com/2015/01/page/2/ -
Temporary Grave Marker
MEDFORTH, ROBERT CHARLES LAC R78265 – aero engine mechanic. 403 Sqn RCAF From Pennant, Saskatchewan. Killed in action Jan 1/45 age 36. #6403 Servicing Echelon, Belgium. Died of injuries sustained when the airfield at RAF Station Evere, Belgium was strafed by enemy aircraft. Leading Aircraftsman Medforth is buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere-les-Bruxelles, Belgium. Info extracted from https://athabaskang07.wordpress.com/2015/01/page/2/ -
Temporary Grave Marker
MEDFORTH, ROBERT CHARLES LAC R78265 – aero engine mechanic. 403 Sqn RCAF From Pennant, Saskatchewan. Killed in action Jan 1/45 age 36. #6403 Servicing Echelon, Belgium. Died of injuries sustained when the airfield at RAF Station Evere, Belgium was strafed by enemy aircraft. Leading Aircraftsman Medforth is buried in the Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere-les-Bruxelles, Belgium. Info extracted from https://athabaskang07.wordpress.com/2015/01/page/2/
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Robert Charles Medforth
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Commemorated on:
Page 545 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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