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Military service
Service number:
C/922
Age:
24
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
May 7, 1918
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot Z. Grave 236.
Additional information
Son of William H. and Mary P. Kerwin of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
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Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2505 Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin (RMC 1935) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kerwin, of Toronto, Ontario. He was the husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Jul 16, 1942 at 24 years of age. He was buried at Fort Richardson Post Cemetery, Alaska, United States of America Plot Z. Grave 236. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2505 Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin (RMC 1935) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kerwin, of Toronto, Ontario. He was the husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Jul 16, 1942 at 24 years of age. He was buried at Fort Richardson Post Cemetery, Alaska, United States of America Plot Z. Grave 236. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2505 Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin (RMC 1935) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kerwin, of Toronto, Ontario. He was the husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Jul 16, 1942 at 24 years of age. He was buried at Fort Richardson Post Cemetery, Alaska, United States of America Plot Z. Grave 236. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2505 S/L John William Kerwin (RMC 1935) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kerwin, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Jul 16, 1942. -
Memorial Arch
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2505 S/L John William Kerwin (RMC 1935) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kerwin, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the husband of Thelma M. Kerwin, of Belleville, Ontario. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on Jul 16, 1942. -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From a World War 2 issue of the St Catharines Standard c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant John William Kerwin
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Commemorated on:
Page 86 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FORT RICHARDSON POST CEMETERY Alaska, United States of America
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