Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Joseph Chequer
In memory of:
Flight Lieutenant George Joseph Chequer
January 30, 1944
Muetzlitz, Germany
Military Service
J/21428
22
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
514 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, General Service Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar, operational wings.
Additional Information
February 17, 1921
Ottawa, Ontario
August 16, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Son of George Chequet and Maud Edith Nicol of Ottawa, Ontario. George fought in France during the First World War with the 11th CEF Battalion, regiment number 502696, demobilized 31 May 1923 in Ottawa.
He was a signaller in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals - NPAM - in Ottawa, Ontario, from September 1936 to 11 February 1938, transferred to 1st Corps Field Survey Company of the Royal Canadian Engineer of the militia in Rockcliffe, Ottawa, from 11 February to 14 July 1938 with the rank of lance corporal, then at the Petawawa, Ontario, base from July 9 to 19, 1939.
He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 1,262 days of service, 392 of them overseas.
Commemorated on Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany
8. Z. 36.
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant George Joseph Chequer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flight Lieutenant George Joseph Chequer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of George Joseph Chequer – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Other – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Other – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GEORGE JOSEPH CHEQUER – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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