In memory of

Able Seaman

Robert Donald Chisholm

who died on 13 Sep 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Navy
  Unit HMCS Ottawa
  Rank Able Seaman
  Service number 4241
  Date of death 19420913
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  4241 Able Seaman (HMCS Ottawa) Robert Donald Chisholm (b.1921) of Rhineland was KIA 19420913 and is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial for servicemen lost or buried at sea. He was the son of Robert and Jessie Mabel Chisholm. Robert Jr. was born a Hodgeville and was a high school student at Swift Current when he enlisted at Esquimalt early in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 137 - Swift Current
  Cemetery or memorial location Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Chisholm Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.6333°N / 102.9667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L10
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Hanson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210814
  Place of birth Hodgeville    
  Date of enlistment 19410314
  Place of enlistment Esquimalt, British Columbia    
  Residence on enlistment Rhineland    
  Occupation student
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