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Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian

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Sergeant James Theodore Avedisian Veteran

Birth
Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
30 Jul 1942 (aged 24)
Burial
Choloy-Menillot, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 1A. A. 1-6.
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/66434
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 149 RAF Squadron

Additional Information:-
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Son of Michael and Mary Avedisian of Brantford. He attended Central School and Brantford Collegiate and was a member of Central School's Skylark Club.

Sergeant James Avedisian served with the 149 East India (Fortis Nocte) Squadron . His Stirling aircraft R 9161 was shot down while returning from a raid over Saarbrucken, Germany, and crashed near Regniowez, France. The other Canadian in the crew was Flight Sergeant Ernest J. Le Blanc, age 24, from St. Joseph du Moine (near Cheticamp) Inverness County, Cape Breton,, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 56 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/66434
Age: 24
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 149 RAF Squadron

Additional Information:-
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Son of Michael and Mary Avedisian of Brantford. He attended Central School and Brantford Collegiate and was a member of Central School's Skylark Club.

Sergeant James Avedisian served with the 149 East India (Fortis Nocte) Squadron . His Stirling aircraft R 9161 was shot down while returning from a raid over Saarbrucken, Germany, and crashed near Regniowez, France. The other Canadian in the crew was Flight Sergeant Ernest J. Le Blanc, age 24, from St. Joseph du Moine (near Cheticamp) Inverness County, Cape Breton,, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 56 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Inscription

SUNSHINE PASSES
SHADOWS FALL
LOVE'S REMEMBRANCE
OUTLASTS ALL

Gravesite Details

Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.), Royal Canadian Air Force. Age: 25.


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