Military service
Burial/memorial information
He was a gunner with the 17th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery – NPAM – service No. 2004 replaced by No. 1855, then No. H-407025, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from July 19, 1940, to April 9, 1941.
He served in Canada and Britain. He died following an engine failure during take-off. He crashed not far from the runway. He had 713 days of service, 199 of which were overseas.
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
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Grave marker
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Newspaper clipping
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Photo of THEODORE EDWARD CHMIELOWIEC
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Memorial
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of THEODORE EDWARD CHMIELOWIEC
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Photo of THEODORE EDWARD CHMIELOWIEC
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Photo of Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Letter and photo found inside the folded letter. -
Letter
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Letter
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Envelope
Letter and photo found inside the folded letter. -
Letter
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Theodore Edward Chmielowiec
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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