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Military service
Service number:
J/7452
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
213 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
September 13, 1919
McCreary, Manitoba
Enlistment:
December 17, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 9, 1942
Egypt
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 263.
Additional information
Son of Amedee J. and Julienne M. Cantin (1960 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of McCreary, Manitoba.
Brother of Flying Officer Maurice Raoul Cantin, deceased November 26, 1943 and Private Wilfred Cantin deceased November 4, 1940.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Clement Cantin
One of eleven members of the same family serving during WW11 Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Julienne Cantin
National Silver Cross Mother 1960 Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Julienne & Amedee Cantin
Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Cantin Family
Top to Bottom<BR> Row 1 Noel, Wilfred, Clement,<BR> Row 2 Marie, Maurice, Nivon, Amadee<BR> Row 3 Lionel, Joseph, Albert<P> Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Winnipeg Free Press
Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press<P> Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press<P> Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Winnipeg Free Press Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper Clipping Winnipeg Free Press Submitted with permission of Albert Cantin By Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Clément Francis Amédée Cantin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 62 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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