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Military service
Service number:
72552
Age:
25
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
422 Strike/Attack Squadron
Birth:
February 26, 1943
Regina, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
September 13, 1960
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
June 19, 1968
Baden Soellingen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 4, Row A, Plot 16
Additional information
Son of Arnold and Irene Swanston. Husband of Anke (nee Friebe) Swanston of Victoria, British Columbia. Father of Angelie and Michael Swanston. Brother of William Swanston.
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Digital gallery of
Captain Robert James Swanston
Digital gallery of
Captain Robert James Swanston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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