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Pilot Officer George William Chambers

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Military service

Service number: J/86747
Age: 20
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 640 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: August 24, 1923 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: January 13, 1942 Manitoba
Death: June 3, 1944 Bretigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, France

Burial/memorial information

BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Coll. grave 6.
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Son of David Wallace Chambers and Elizabeth Chambers, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 852 days of service, including 435 days overseas.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Essonne, France

Bretigny-sur-Orge is a small town in the Department of Essonne, situated 36 kilometres south from the centre of Paris. The Communal Cemetery is in the centre of the town in Reu du Guet de St. Pierre. The cemetery is opened from 07.30 to 18.00hours each day. The graves are in the lower part of the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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