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Pilot Officer John Caskie

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Military service

Service number: J/13066
Age: 23
Rank: Pilot Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 16th SFTS (RCAF)
Birth: September 29, 1919 Alva, Scotland
Enlistment: September 20, 1941 Nova Scotia
Death: January 6, 1943 Puslinch, Morrison, Ontario

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Sec. 24. Lot 621. East grave.
Additional information

Son of John Caskie and Agnes Kellie, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Nancy Margaret Anderson, of Hamilton, Ontario. Father of one child.

He served as a private, service number B-600038, at NRMA Clearing Depot No 2 in Ontario and Nova Scotia. He served with the air force in Canada for 461 days. As a flight instructor, he crashed at Puslinch southwest of Morrison, Ontario.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HAMILTON (WOODLAND) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada

Hamilton Woodland Cemetery borders the Hamilton Harbour. From downtown Hamilton, follow York Boulevard past Hamilton Cemetery, across the bridge, and turn right at Plains Road. Exit Plains Road at Spring Gardens Road. Follow Spring Gardens and the cemetery will be on your left.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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