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Military service
Service number:
R/159109
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
January 10, 1922
Holden, Alberta
Enlistment:
April 10, 1942
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
July 29, 1944
Bebenhausen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 8. C. 32-35.
Additional information
Son of Ole Andreas Skjetne (aka Chetney) and Karen Wefald, of Groundbirch, British Columbia.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar and Operational Wings.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
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Rolf Arthur Chetney with Karen Chetney at home. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ROLF ARTHUR CHETNEY
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Photo of ROLF ARTHUR CHETNEY
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Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
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Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Rolf Arthur Chetney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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