In memory of

Pilot Officer

Robert Charles Colley

who died on 26 Sep 1941

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 60 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J5957
  Date of death 19410926
  Cause of death died in a training accident
Narrative history
  J5957 Pilot Officer (RCAF pilot) Robert Charles Colley (b.1919) of Trail, British Columbia, died 19410926 and is buried at St. Martins new burial ground, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Colley's Defiant aircraft crashed at East Fortune on a training flight from No. 60 Operational Training Unit. Robert was the son of Fred William and Mary (Fraser) Colley. Fred operated a garage and a well drilling business at Denzil before moving to Toronto after the war. Robert was selling advertising for a newspaper at Trail when he enlisted at Vancouver late in 1940.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 382 - Eye Hill
  Cemetery or memorial location St Martins New burial ground, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Colley Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.8833°N / 109.1667°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74F14
  Geo-memorial details North of Patterson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190909
  Place of birth Denzil    
  Date of enlistment 19401016
  Place of enlistment Vancouver, British Columbia    
  Residence on enlistment Trail, British Columbia    
  Occupation newspaperman
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