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In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Joseph Vincent Chicoine

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Military service

Service number: R/56204
Age: 30
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: June 12, 1912 St-Pierre-de-Malbaie, Gaspé, Québec
Enlistment: July 1, 1940 Montréal, Québec
Death: July 3, 1942 Bookholt Nordhorn, Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Coll. grave 15. B. 9-18.
Additional information
Son of Robert Chicoine and Maria Rehel Rail, of Montreal, Quebec.

He was a naval cadet for two years.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 733 days of service, including 455 overseas.

His aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and bar, operational wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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