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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Name:
Elmont Gasper Prest
Service number:
J/15788
Rank:
Flying Officer
Service:
619 (RAF) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Birth:
March 20, 1914
Place of Birth:
Spry Harbour, Halifax Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
November 21, 1940
Date of Death:
August 18, 1943
(Killed during air operations)
Age at Death:
29
Cemetery:
Aabenraa Cemetery, Denmark
Grave Reference:
Allied Military Plot. Row 3. Coll. grave 10.
Commemorated on Page 204 of Canada’s Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 25
Son of Melvin Allan and Susan Seretha Hawes Prest, of Upper Stewiacke, Colchester Co. Nova Scotia.
Elmont Gasper Prest
Newspaper clip: Fort Point Museum, LaHave, NS