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Military service
Service number:
R/128147
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
February 15, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 4256.
Additional information
Son of Will and Margaret Kester, of Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Douglas John Kester
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave of Sgt. (Pilot) DOUGLAS JOHN KESTER, Buxton Cemetery -
Photo of DOUGLAS JOHN KESTER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Douglas John Kester is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Douglas John Kester is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 177 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BUXTON CEMETERY Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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