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Robert John Taylor

In memory of:

Master Corporal Robert John Taylor

October 15, 1980
Chibougamau, Quebec

Military Service

Service Number:

C51 248 112

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Communications and Electronics Branch

Division:

CFS Leitrum

Citation(s):

Canadian Forces Decoration

Additional Information

Born:

January 23, 1948
Simcoe, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 9, 1968
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Harold Ormiston and June Beverly Taylor of Simcoe, Ontario. Husband of Frances Louise Taylor and father of Gregory and Shawn Taylor of Ottawa, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 172 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:

ST. MARYS CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

West half of cemetery

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– Master Corporal Robert J. Taylor's gravesite in St. Mary's Cemetery, 271 Fourteenth Street West, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario. It is located in the cemetery's North-West Section, Row N4, Plot 2. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)

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    Grave marker – Master Corporal Robert J. Taylor's gravesite in St. Mary's Cemetery, 271 Fourteenth Street West, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario. It is located in the cemetery's North-West Section, Row N4, Plot 2. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)
  • Grave marker– A marker at the grave of Master Corporal Robert John Taylor in the St. Mary's Cemetery, Simcoe, Ontario. M/Cpl Taylor was one of eight Canadian Forces members killed (out of a total of ten aboard) when a CC-130 Hercules aircraft (#130312), on a search and rescue mission, experienced an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and crashed 13 km west of Chapais, Quebec.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – A marker at the grave of Master Corporal Robert John Taylor in the St. Mary's Cemetery, Simcoe, Ontario. M/Cpl Taylor was one of eight Canadian Forces members killed (out of a total of ten aboard) when a CC-130 Hercules aircraft (#130312), on a search and rescue mission, experienced an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and crashed 13 km west of Chapais, Quebec.
  • Grave marker– A marker (one of two) at the grave of MCpl Robert J. Taylor in St. Mary's Cemetery, 271 Fourteenth Street West, Simcoe, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – A marker (one of two) at the grave of MCpl Robert J. Taylor in St. Mary's Cemetery, 271 Fourteenth Street West, Simcoe, Ontario. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.)
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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