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In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Robert Chaplin

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Military service

Service number: R/60394
Age: 31
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 51 (RA.F.) Sqdn.
Birth: November 17, 1912 Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment: August 30, 1940 Calgary, Alberta
Death: April 28, 1944 Mortzen, Belgium

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 6. A. 16.
Additional information
Son of Robert Chaplin and Barbara Watson. Husband of Laura Hansen. Father of Maxime Carole and Terrence Robert Chaplin.

Robert fought in France in the First World War, service number 530102, with the Canadian Motor Machine Gun of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He had previously served for four years with the Royal Engineers Volunteer Corps of the British Army.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 1,338 days of service, including 418 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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