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Military service
Service number:
K/19066
Age:
22
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Birth:
April 12, 1920
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
June 6, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 2.
Additional information
Son of James and Isabel Charters of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Brother of Flying Officer Ralph David Charters, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Bombardier James Charters
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Charters
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Charters
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Charters
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Charters
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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