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Military service
Service number:
R/72856
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
427 Sqdn.
Birth:
February 3, 1923
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
March 13, 1941
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Death:
October 4, 1943
Haut-Fays, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. A. 5.
Additional information
Son of George Ellwin Champion and Ethel Maria Champion, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
He had service in Canada and Great Britain. He had 936 days of service, including 344 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave marker for E.C. Champion
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Springbrook War Memorial
This war memorial is located in Springbrook, Prince Edward Island. -
Inscription
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Photo of Ellwin Clair Champion
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class I Ellwin Clair Champion
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOTTON WAR CEMETERY Belgium
HOTTON WAR CEMETERY is located 58 km south east of Namur. From Namur the N4 leads onto the town of Marche-en-Famenne. From Marche-en-Famenne, the N86 leads towards Hotton. On reaching Hotton, the cemetery is located 500 metres on the N86 towards Menil.
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