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Military service
Service number:
J/13728
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
1693rd Flight (RAF)
Birth:
June 18, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 21, 1939
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
December 1, 1943
Sinclair Bay, Caithness, Scotland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 173.
Additional information
Son of Lionel Harold Charnaud and Katherine Annie Teresa Harland of Vancouver, British Columbia.
He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 1,544 days of service, including 338 days overseas.
He lost his life when his aircraft crashed during a daytime training flight.
Additional citations
Defense Medal, General Service Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Laurence Edward Charnaud
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Photo of Laurence Charnaud
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Photo of Laurence Charnaud
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Laurence Edward Charnaud
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Laurence Edward Charnaud
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Laurence Edward Charnaud
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Laurence Edward Charnaud
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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