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Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
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Letter from the Sydney Academy
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Photo of Curdis Karrel
From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.<p> Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:<br> P/O Curdis Karrel, age 23, bomb aimer in 431 (Iroquois) Squadron Halifax LK 833, was killed on July 29, 1944, when he was shot down at Quarnstedt, during a raid on Hamburg, Germany. Two other Halifax bombers from Karrel's squadron were shot down in the same area. Originally, all crew members, including P/O Karel, were buried near the site of the crash, but post-war, they were re-buried in the Kiel War cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. -
Obituary
Curdis Karrel is honoured on page 40 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel 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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Curdis Karrel
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 349 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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KIEL WAR CEMETERY Germany
Kiel lies 83 kilometres north of Hamburg. From Hamburg visitors should travel north on the Autoroute 7, following signs for Kiel. Leave the A7 at the junction with the A215, still following signs for Kiel. The A215 ends on the outskirts of Kiel. Turn left at the end of the A215 onto the Westring following signs for Olympiazentrum and Flensburg. After 4 kilometres, the Nord Freedhof town cemetery will be seen on the left hand side of the road.
The Commission plot is located 100 metres from the main cemetery entrance. Visitors should note that this cemetery is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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