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Sergeant John Halifax Casselman

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Military service

Service number: R/70340
Age: 24
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #28 Operational Training Unit
Birth: December 13, 1919 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: August 28, 1940 Ontario
Death: February 3, 1944 Wyneswold, United Kingdom

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot I/2. Grave 153.
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Son of Frederick Casselman and Alice White, of Brockville, Ontario. Husband of Granny Ruth Thompson. Father of Diana Gail Casselman. Frederick served in the First World War with the 38th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, service number 410467. He fought in France.

Alice was the widow of Private Sidney Robert Joseph Ablett, service number 4051, killed in action in France on May 25, 1916 while serving with the London Regiment, and mother of Private Robert P. Ablett, who served in the Second World War. He survived the war.

Brother of Gunner Ronald Charles Casselman, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Artillery.

Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.

Commemorated on the Prince of Wales School Roll of Honor.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 269 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OXFORD (BOTLEY) CEMETERY Berkshire, United Kingdom

Botley is 2 miles west of the city of Oxford in the civil parish of North Hinksey. Leave the Oxford Western bypass (A34) at the Botley interchange and take the exit signposted Oxford A420. At the traffic lights bear left then immediately right into North Hinksey Lane. The entrance to the cemetery is about 200 yards along on the right hand side.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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