Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Robert James Swanston
In memory of:
Captain Robert James Swanston
June 19, 1968
Baden Soellingen, Germany
Military Service
72552
25
Air Force
422 Strike/Attack Squadron
Additional Information
February 26, 1943
Regina, Saskatchewan
September 13, 1960
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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.
Commemorated on Page 141 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
CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Grave 4, Row A, Plot 16
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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Grave marker – Photo by Malcolm Cromarty.
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