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Military service
Service number:
40715
Age:
26
Rank:
Leading Cook (S)
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Navy
Division:
H.M.C.S. Chippawa
Birth:
March 26, 1918
Beauséjour, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 10, 1939
North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Death:
July 13, 1944
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plan M. Block 12. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of John Smealton Acaster and Florence Sidebottom, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
He served in Canada, in Newfoundland and at sea. He had 1,460 days of service, including 1,084 overseas.
Additional citations
Good Conduct Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-1945.
Digital gallery of Leading Cook (S) Douglas Haig Acaster
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Leading Cook (S) Douglas Haig Acaster
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Leading Cook (S) Douglas Haig Acaster
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 234 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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