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In memory of:

Pilot Officer Harry Mathew Champion

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Military service

Service number: J/17069
Age: 23
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 61 Sqn. (R.A.F.)
Birth: August 7, 1919 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: May 20, 1941 Hamilton, Ontario
Death: March 2, 1943 Germany

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 175.
Additional information
Son of James and Gertrude Champion, of Toronto, Ontario.

Soldier at the 10th Regional Training Center – NPAM – in Kitchener, Ontario, registration number A-600013, from March 20 to May 18, 1941, i.e. for 62 days.

Served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 645 days of service with the air force, including 349 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defense Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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