Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Moses Charton
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Moses Charton
October 6, 1942
Castletown, Scotland
Military Service
R/96359
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Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
19th OTU (RAF)
Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar.
Additional Information
November 8, 1919
Podkamien, Poland
June 4, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Son of Markus Charton and Anna Zamojre of Verdun, Montreal, Quebec.
He was a signaller in the 3rd Divisional Signals of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals - NPAM - in Ottawa, Ontario, regiment no 1985 replaced by C-415045, from 13 August 1940 to 4 June 1941.
He served Canada and Great Britain. He had 467 days of service, 160 of them, overseas.
Commemorated on Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
Moray, United Kingdom
Grave 47. Row B.
Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, is half a mile north-west of Kinloss railway station between Kinloss and Findhorn Bay. The burial ground contains the ruins of an abbey founded by David I in the year 1150. There was a Royal Air Force Training Station at Kinloss aerodrome during the 1939-1945 War. During the early part of the 1939-1945 War a special plot was set aside for service war burials, and all but three of the war graves are in this plot. A Cross of Sacrifice is erected at the far end of the plot overlooking the graves.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of MOSES CHARTON – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Moses Charton – Moses Charton is honoured on page 15 of the memorial book, CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties, compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact: The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada) telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 facsimile: 514-931-0548 website: www.cjc.ca -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Diploma – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Kinloss Abbey -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Moses Charton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Sergeant Moses Charton is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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