Walter Chater was a gunner who served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in France. He died on July 18, 1944 at the age of 32 after hitting a landmine on his motorcycle, his family says.
In a high-tech attempt to save history from the ravages of time, a Canadian company has come up with a new app to tell the stories of more than 300,000 slain soldiers around the world.Walter Chater was a gunner who served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in France. He died on July 18, 1944 at the age of 32 after hitting a landmine on his motorcycle.
That's the account Matthew and his brother Daniel Chater heard of how their grandfather died in an explosion at age 32. They believe it's the story brought home by their great uncle Eric, who survived the war. "Some of these soldiers from the First and Second World War, those memories are dying with a lot of these family members," said Mullens, who retired from the reserves as a corporal in 2010.
Using the Memory Anchor app to scan a veteran's tombstone pulls up a trove of biographical information and, in some cases, service records, stories and photos. The app, which has been publicly available for more than a year now, also has a navigating system that can guide users to specific gravesites.
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