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Robert John Prescott

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Robert John Prescott

July 23, 1963
Sardinia, Italy

Military Service

Service Number:

38642

Age:

32

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

427 Strike/Attack Squadron

Honours and Awards:

Canadian Forces Decoration

Additional Information

Born:

August 2, 1930
Red Deer, Alberta

Enlistment:

April 24, 1951

Son of Donald and Grace Evangeline (nee Moseley)Prescott of Red Deer, Alberta. Husband of Marybelle J. Prescott. Father of Jane Ellen, Robert M. and Donald Keith Prescott. Brother of Margaret Prescott.

Commemorated on Page 120 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave Reference:

Grave 8, Row G, Plot 3

Location:

Choloy is a village and commune in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle, 28 kilometres west of Nancy and some 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The village is south of the River Moselle on the minor road (D11B) from Toul to the neighbouring village of Foug. The CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. The Choloy War Cemetery is the last resting place of casualties from the First and Second World Wars and is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is also the final resting place for many Royal Canadian Air Force members and their families who died while serving in Europe as part of 1 Air Division between 1953 and 1967 and other Service Members serving with NATO in Germany following Canada's departure from France.

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