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Military service
Service number:
R/134348
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
March 25, 1921
Cartwright, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 4, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 26, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 6. D. 2-3.
Additional information
Son of William and Josephine Askew, of Cartwright, Manitoba.
Brother of Flight Sergeant John Ruskin Askew, who died on January 28, 1943, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant George William Askew
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Photo of GEORGE WILLIAM ASKEW
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Photo of GEORGE WILLIAM ASKEW
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Photo of George William Askew
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant George William Askew is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant George William Askew is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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George Askew along with his brother John continue to be remembered in their hometown of Cartwright Manitoba with the annual Askew Memorial Scholarship. -
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George Askew's name appears on his hometown of Cartwright Cenotaph and is remembered each year at the Memorial Service -
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Askew Lake in northern Manitoba is named in Honour of George Askew. -
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant George William Askew
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 132 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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