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Flight Sergeant Demetro Zaleschuk

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Military service

Service number: R/115908
Age: 21
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 Squadron
Birth: September 18, 1921 Rosthern, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: August 12, 1941 Saskatchewan
Death: April 17, 1943 Pilsen, Czech Republic

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LOUPPY-LE-CHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Coll. grave 3-5.
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Son of John and Juliana Annie (nee Kostynuik) Zaleschuk, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Brother of Sub-Lieutenant George James Zaleschuk who died on June 22, 1955 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Brother of Alex, Nicklaus, John, William, Robert, Allen, Mary, Helen, Patricia, Dorothea, Julia, and Annie.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 229 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOUPPY-LE-CHATEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY Meuse, France

Louppy-le-Chateau is a village and commune about 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Bar-le-Duc and nearly 4.5 miles (7 kilometres) north-north-west of Venise a hamlet on the main road (N.394) from Bar-le-Duc to Reims (Marne). The nearest railway station with a reasonable service is Bar-le-Duc, on the Paris to Nancy line, where taxis are available. The cemetery is south-east of the village on the D.35 road to Venise. South of the memorial which stands in the centre of the cemetery are the graves of seven airmen. One belonged to the Royal Air Force and the other six to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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