Reported as a POW in Italy he was trandferred to a German POW camp after previously being listed as missing in action. RIN 9/01/13, RIN 18/06/14. Charles was a POW for “nearly four years” , he received a scroll from Ridgetown Mayor George M. Silcox in 1946 along with 100 others from Ridgetown and area.  CDN 22/10/42. RIN 7/12/11,RIN 18/06/14.

Born 22.8.1918
Died 10.12.1952 (The Waterloo Region Record, 1 December 1952, Pg 7 + Ontario Statement of Death Form)

R68076 Sgt. C.E. Dauphin RCAF graduated as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (W.O.A.G.) and sailed from Halifax NS to the UK on board the SS Georgic in April 1941 (LAC Microfilm C-5612, frame 4006).

He was taken prisoner in Egypt after the crash of 40 Squadron Wellington HX431:

Description:
Pilot Officer A E Hull: killed; Flight Lieutenant H Grant, Sergeant G H Whyte, Flight Sergeant C E Dauphin (RCAF), Flight Sergeant J T Ware, Flight Sergeant A W Dunn: prisoners of war; Wellington HX431, 40 Squadron, aircraft crashed on operational flight 40 miles south of Sidi Barrani, Egypt 8 August 1942 (The National Archives, London, file AIR 81/16320)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources	CDN (22-10-1942), RIN (07-12-2011), RIN (09-01-2013), Ann Leatherdale, IODE
Supplemental Information	Son of Mrs. Ralph Charles and and Eupheme Dauphin of Ridgetown, ON., brother of P/O William R. Charles (KIA 1/01/45) had three children Bill, Barbie an Julie – in the Wingham area, Charles passed away in 1952

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