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Military service
Service number:
B/43115
Age:
25
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 27, 1919
Trenton, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 9, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of William and Edna Chambers of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary Thelma Chambers, of Toronto, Ontario. Father of Gary Chambers. Brother of William Kirk and Frank Matthews.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Walter Chambers
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Gravemarker
This photo of Rfn Chambers' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of The QOR of C in June 1997. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial at Juno Beach Centre, France -
Grave marker
Grave Marker in July 2021. A small tribute to Rifleman Walter Chambers. -
Photo of Walter Chambers
My late grandfather Walter Chambers -
Photo of Walter Chambers
My late grandfather Walter Chambers holding my father Gary Norman Chambers -
Group Photo
My late grandfather Walter Chambers w/ unknown early1940’s
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Walter Chambers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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