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Military service
Service number:
R/71447
Age:
38
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#3 Personnel Reception Centre at Bournemouth (R.C.A.F.)
Birth:
January 15, 1905
Tache, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 11, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 23, 1943
Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row D 4 Grave 99
Additional information
Son of Samuel Chalmers and of Rose E. Chalmers (nee Claydon); husband of Barbara V. Chalmers, of Osoyoos, British Columbia. Father of Vivian Ruth, Kenneth George, David Stewart and Gary Wayne Chalmers.
He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 935 days of service, including 452 overseas.
Additional citations
Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Sergeant David Rainnie Chalmers
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Photo of DAVID RAINNIE CHALMERS
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
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In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DAVID RAINNIE CHALMERS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant David Rainnie Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Sergeant David Rainnie Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Sergeant David Rainnie Chalmers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOURNEMOUTH NORTH CEMETERY Hampshire, United Kingdom
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