Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gordon Mitchell
In memory of:
Corporal Gordon Mitchell
January 23, 1962
Landstuhl, Germany
Military Service
219185
45
Air Force
444 Fighter Squadron
1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Forces Decoration.
Additional Information
October 7, 1916
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
October 30, 1935
Aberdeen, Scotland
Son of John and Christina Mitchell of Aberdeen, Scotland. Husband of Mary (née Klef)and father of John and Gary of Baden Soellingen, Germany. Brother of John, Allan, James, Ronald, Patrick, Dorothy and Christina Mitchell. Corporal Mitchell served with the British Army from 30 October 1935 to 22 April 1946. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on 15 June 1953.
Commemorated on Page 118 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
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Grave 9, Row F, Plot 3
Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.
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