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Elmo Foster Christy

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy

August 10, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/89086

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

619 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

March 10, 1924
Bloomfield, Ontario

Enlistment:

December 8, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Foster Judson and Ethel Lucretia Christy, of Bloomfield, Ontario. Grandson of Annie Castoria Christy.

Commemorated on Page 273 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

THURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vienne, France

Grave Reference:

Mil. Plot. Row 1. Grave 1.

Location:

Thure is a village some 29 kilometres north-east of Poitiers and some 7 kilometres north-west of Chatellerault. The THURE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is 90 metres west of the main entrance to the church and to the left of the lane opposite the church. The Commonwealth casualties are buried to the right of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Elmo Foster Christy is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Service Record– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Service Record – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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