The story
Name: C R GAVEL
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.C.S. Warrior (R.C.N.)
Date of death: 1947-01-31
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Panel 7
Family details: Son of Roy Ferguson Gavel and Edith Kate Gavel, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Jean Loraine Gavel, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.C.S. Warrior (R.C.N.)
Date of death: 1947-01-31
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HALIFAX MEMORIAL, Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Panel 7
Family details: Son of Roy Ferguson Gavel and Edith Kate Gavel, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Jean Loraine Gavel, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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