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Michael Joseph Stewart Kerby

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Michael Joseph Stewart Kerby

May 12, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/82326

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kerby, of Ivanhoe, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 177 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4174.

Location:

Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Michael Joseph Stewart Kerby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Michael Joseph Stewart Kerby is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
  • Photo of MICHAEL JOSEPH STEWART KERBY– from the book The Price Of Freedom Vol 2, Published 1944
  • Biography– from the book The Price Of Freedom Vol 2, Published 1944

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