Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Walter James George Chalcroft
In memory of:
Aircraftman 1st Class Walter James George Chalcroft
June 7, 1941
West Kildonan, Manitoba
Military Service
R/59826
30
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
Additional Information
November 22, 1910
Winnipeg, Manitoba
August 27, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Walter James Chalcroft and Lillian Ann Page of Winnipeg, Manitoba.Husband of Phoebe Catherine Lomax, of Petersfield, Manitoba. Father of Elaine Lillian Kate and Sandra Kathleen Chalcroft.
He was a sergeant with the 10th Machine Gun Battalion – NPAM – in Winnipeg, Manitoba, part of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, from February 24, 1927 to December 12, 1929.
He served only in Canada for 285 days.
Commemorated on Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Mil. Sec. Lot 1607.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Walter James George Chalcroft – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Jim and Lil Chalcroft c.1912 – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Telegram – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Ministerial Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Death notice – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Agreement Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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