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Wartime Heritage
ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War II
Yarmouth Connections
Robert Franklin Cavers
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Military Service:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Service Number:
R/97637
Date of Birth:
April 23, 1916
Place of Birth:
Appleton, Ontario,
Date of Enlistment:
March 14, 1941
Place of Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Age:
26
Son of Thomas Edgar and Bessie May (nee McNabb)
Cavers, of Almonte, Ontario. Brother of Harold, Melville
and Agnes.
Citation:
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-45,
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Date of Death:
March 23, 1943
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cemetery:
Carleton Place United Cemeteries; Ontario, Canada
Grave Reference:
St. Fillans Section, Lot 20.
Commemorated on Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 27
Also see: March 23, 1943 - Crash RCAF Station Yarmouth
Sources and Information:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Robert Franklin Cavers