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Military service
Service number:
R/163707
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
425 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 1, 1922
Morefield, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 5, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 7, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 21.
Additional information
Son of Norman Jacob and Annie Viola Reist, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
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Photo of CHARLES ANDREW REIST
Colourised version of photo taken from his record of service file -
Grave Marker
Photo taken by Faysal Eladhari (via David Pearce) Charles Andrew Reist was just 21 years-old when he lost his life on his third operation. His body was washed ashore, but none of the other crew members were ever found. -
Memorial
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Charles Andrew Reist
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 206 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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