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Flying Officer Nicholas Chobaniuk

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Military service

Service number: J/23790
Age: 25
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 26th OTU (R.A.F.)
Birth: November 24, 1919 Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment: December 8, 1941 British Columbia
Death: January 14, 1945 Hinckley, Leicestershire, England

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Sec. A. Grave 844.
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Son of Paul Chobaniuk and Dominica (aka Nettie) Dariuk, from Regina, Saskatchewan.

He was a gunner, service No. L-600310, with the 3rd Searchlight Light Coastal Battery in Vancouver, British Columbia, from July 22 to December 5, 1941, after completing basic training – NRMA – from March 20 to May 20, 1941. He accumulated 112 days of service. He served in Canada and Britain. He died when his bomber crashed during a long range night training flight.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 503 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom

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