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Flight Cadet Robert Melville Close

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Military service

Service number: 243880
Age: 24
Rank: Flight Cadet
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: No. 4 Flying Training School
Birth: June 22, 1932 Mayo
Enlistment: March 29, 1953 Alberta
Death: April 30, 1957 Penhold, Alberta

Burial/memorial information

YUKON (MAYO) CEMETERY
Grave reference: Veteran's Plot
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Son of Archibald John and Ida Margaret (nee Ross) Close of Mayo, Yukon. Father of Linda Close of Langley, British Columbia. Brother of James, Alva, John, William, Annie and Muriel Close.

Flight Cadet Robert Melville Close has been honoured by having Mount Close named after him. The location of Mount Close is in Yukon (117A07- 68° 31’ 35”- 139° 57’ 45”)

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Service in Canada (1867 – present)

YUKON (MAYO) CEMETERY Yukon Territory, Canada

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