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Robert Charles Yeates

In memory of:

Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates

March 8, 1952
Aurora, Ontario

Military Service

Service Number:

90322

Age:

29

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

400 (Fighter) Squadron (Auxiliary)

Citation(s):

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

Additional Information

Born:

June 22, 1922
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 1, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Charles and Christina Yeates of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mabel (Spooner) Yeates. Father of Michael Barry Yeates of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of James, Eileen, George, Buddy and Yvonne Yeates.

Commemorated on Page 29 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:

TORONTO (PROSPECT) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Section 3, North Grave, Plot 815

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  • Photo of Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM– World War I photo of Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM (father of Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates). Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM He served as a Sergeant with the 169th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He passed away on February 13, 1972.

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    Photo of Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM – World War I photo of Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM (father of Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates). Charles Morrison Yeates, DCM He served as a Sergeant with the 169th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. He passed away on February 13, 1972.
  • Photo of Robert Charles Yeates– Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates (photo taken 1941 or 1942?)

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    Photo of Robert Charles Yeates – Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates (photo taken 1941 or 1942?)
  • Wedding Photo– Wedding of Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates and Mabel Spooner (seated), with Bob's eldest brother, Jim Finley, and sister-in-law, Jean Finley, as Best Man and Maid of Honour, January 19, 1942

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    Wedding Photo – Wedding of Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates and Mabel Spooner (seated), with Bob's eldest brother, Jim Finley, and sister-in-law, Jean Finley, as Best Man and Maid of Honour, January 19, 1942
  • Group Photo– Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates (l) with his gunner, Australian Tony "Knocker" Lewis (r)

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    Group Photo – Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates (l) with his gunner, Australian Tony "Knocker" Lewis (r)
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  • Photo of Robert Charles Yeates– Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates at DeHavilland Air Force Base, Downsview (CFB Toronto)

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    Photo of Robert Charles Yeates – Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates at DeHavilland Air Force Base, Downsview (CFB Toronto)
  • Log Book– Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates - RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book summary of missions flown in March 1944, when stationed in India

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    Log Book – Flying Officer Robert Charles Yeates - RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book summary of missions flown in March 1944, when stationed in India
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram March 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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