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Son of Benjamin Elswood and Gertrude (née Eastman) Chaffey, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Lieutenant Harward Eastman Chaffey
Lt. Harward Eastman Chaffey, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
Killed in action October 27, 1918, at 20 years of age.
His Commanding Officer, Maj. H. J. Hunter, reported the details of Chaffey's death to his parents in a letter from which the following excerpt is taken: He was up with Turnbull, as observer, and they were observing for the artillery. Everything was going well when they were attacked by eight German scouts. In spite of being eight to one, they put up a wonderfully gallant fight and I believe could have got away but they kept turning around on the Huns and attacking them. It was an extraordinary brave performance. From the Appleby College archives
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Lieutenant Harward Eastman Chaffey
He was shot down by eight German aircraft on Oct 27, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war.
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Lt. Harward Eastman Chaffey, 42 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Killed in action October 27, 1918, at 20 years of age. His Commanding Officer, Maj. H. J. Hunter, reported the details of Chaffey's death to his parents in a letter from which the following excerpt is taken: He was up with Turnbull, as observer, and they were observing for the artillery. Everything was going well when they were attacked by eight German scouts. In spite of being eight to one, they put up a wonderfully gallant fight and I believe could have got away but they kept turning around on the Huns and attacking them. It was an extraordinary brave performance. From the Appleby College archives
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He was shot down by eight German aircraft on Oct 27, 1918, just two weeks before the end of the war.
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Page 584 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY Nord, France
Ascq is a small town 7 kilometres south-east of Lille on the road to Tournai. The ASCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern side of Ascq.
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