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Military service
Service number:
J/27159
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
February 7, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 675.
Additional information
Son of Wilbur Edmund and Phoebe Kerr, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Hubert Lloyd Kerr
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. 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
Flying Officer Hubert Lloyd Kerr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Hubert Lloyd Kerr is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Hubert Lloyd Kerr
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Hubert Lloyd Kerr
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Service Book
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Correspondence
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Notification of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Biography
Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook for 1940, lists Kerr's activities and interests. Kerr graduated from Victoria College. -
Group Photo
Kerr shown in group photo of fraternity members, third row, fourth from photo left. -
Group Photo
Group photo showing Kerr as President of his college Executive. From Torontonensis yearbook 1940. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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