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Military service
Service number:
J/36019
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Squadron
Birth:
December 27, 1924
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 27, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
February 20, 1944
Liepzig, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 6. D. 12-17.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Patrick Edwin and Margaret Joseph Geraldine (nee O'Donnell) McKerry, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of William, Maurice, Arthur, Geraldine, Teresa and Helen.
Additional citations
2949-56 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, 25 June 1947.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
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Newspaper clipping
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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 -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DAVID ANTHONY GREGORY MCKERRY
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer David Anthony Gregory McKerry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 388 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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