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John Klem

In memory of:

Sergeant John Klem

March 7, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

R/105664

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of David and Eleanor Klem, of Rochester, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 531 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

11. A. 8.

Location:

Rheinberg is 24 kilometres north of Krefeld and 13 kilometres south of Wesel, in the locality of Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal. The cemetery is 3 kilometres south of the centre of the town of Rheinberg on the road to Kamp Lintfort. From the motorway 57, turn off at Rheinberg and at the T junction follow the 510 in the direction Kamp Lintfort. The cemetery is a short way along this road on the right.

The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the assembly of Commonwealth graves recovered from numerous German cemeteries in the area. The majority of those now buried in the cemetery were airmen, whose graves were brought in from Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Essen, Aachen and Dortmund; 450 graves were from Cologne alone. The men of the other fighting services buried here mostly lost their lives during the battle of the Rhineland, or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe.

There are now 3,326 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Rheinberg War Cemetery. 156 of the burials are unidentified. There are also nine war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant John Klem is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant John Klem 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
  • Photo of JOHN KLEM– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOHN KLEM– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Klem– John's Crew Mates. Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of John Klem– John's Crew Mates. Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of John Klem– John's Crew Mates. Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of John Klem– L  R - P.A. Stanfield (Bomber), Sam Rosu (Air Gunner), Tom Foley (Pilot), Kitchener Seaman (Air Gunner)(Survivor), Tom Lawrence (Wireless), John Klem (Flight Engineer).  Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of John Klem– John's Crew Mates. L-R -  Kitchener Seaman, Tom Foley, P.A. Pinkey Stanfield, Sam Rosu and Tom Lawrence. Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Photo of John Klem– John's Crew Mates. L-R -  Kitchener Seaman, Tom Foley, P.A. Pinkey Stanfield, Sam Rosu and Tom Lawrence. Submitted on behalf of Ken Rosu-Myles by Operation Picture Me.
  • Document– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JOHN KLEM– 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

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