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Robert Edward Kent

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Robert Edward Kent

April 19, 1951
Rivière du Loup, Quebec

Military Service


Service Number:

27089

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

416 (Fighter) Squadron

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

Additional Information


Born:

October 16, 1921
Macklin, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 21, 1941
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of William and Effie Kent of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of William, Gordon, Marvin, Margaret, Dorothy, Maynard, Edna and Helen.

Commemorated on Page 18 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, VANCOUVER
British Columbia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Block 20, Plots 5, Lot 11

Location:

Mountain View Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the Vancouver Metropolitan area. It began operation in 1887, with the acquisition of a parcel of land now known as the Old Cemetery". It is bounded on the east by Fraser Street, on the south by 37th Avenue, on the north by 33rd Avenue, and on the west by a row of tall trees which today stand well within the present boundaries of the site. In 1901, land north of this was purchased from the Horne Family, and became known as the "Horne 1" Addition. Land to the south, comprising the Jones Farm, was added in 1910 and is designated as the "Jones 1" and "Jones 2" Additions. The "Horne 2" Addition, adjoining "Horne 1" on the west, was acquired in 1922. In 1919, a tract bound by 41st Avenue and 43rd Avenue was added. Known as the "1919" Addition, it accommodates many of the victims of the 1917-1919 infuenza epidemic, as well as the victims of a 1920s B.C. Coast shipwreck (The Sophia). The last addition was added on the western boundary in 1941 and is known as the "Abray Park" Addition, taking its name from a squatter who occupied an orchard and grazed cows in the area until the land was included in the cemetery.

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