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21 June 2023

Hammer Price:
£190

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (Sgt. Air Gunner G. R. Rodman R254482) good very fine £80-£100

Glen Russell Rodman was born in Imperial, Canada in June 1925, and was the son of Charlie Edgar and Vera Gertrude Rodman, of Timberton, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1943, and was serving with No. 6 Refresher Flying Unit in India when he died from Malaria and Typhoid Fever, 16 December 1944. Sergeant Rodman is buried in Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India.

A photographic image of recipient in uniform exists on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.