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Christmas, Bev

Date of birth:
November 1919 (St.Hilaire/Quebec, Canada)
Service number:
C.925
Nationality:
Canadian (1931-present, Constitutional Monarchy)

Biography

Bev Christmas graduated in Westmount from the Lakefield School.
Received the Queen's Coronation Medal as Wing Commander, North Bay on October 23rd, 1953.

Career:
January 3rd, 1939: Entering service RCAF;
January 1940 - April 1940: No. 1 (C) Squadron;
May 1941 - September 1941: No. 403 Squadron;
November 1941 - March 1942: No. 4 (SAAF) Squadron;
March 1942 - May 5th, 1942: No. 260 Squadron;
May 1942: Liaison Officer South African Air Force, South Africa;
June 1944: RCAF Staff College;
?: No. 126 Wing;
December 1945: Canada;
June 1951 - February 1954: Commanding Officer Station Bagotville;
?: NATO;
?: Wing Commander North Bay;
August 1957: Canada;
March 1973: Retirement.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 11th, 1941
RCAF Operational Wings
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1943

AFRO 232/43 dated 12 February 1943.
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Squadron Leader
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1948

Canada Gazette dated 24 January 1948 and AFRO 81/48 dated 6 February 1948.
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939

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