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Joseph Austin Leslie Kerr

In memory of:

Flying Officer Joseph Austin Leslie Kerr

April 18, 1952
North Luffenham, Rutland, England

Military Service


Service Number:

SK 9855

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

410 (Fighter) Sqaudron

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945

Additional Information


Born:

August 26, 1926
Trois Rivieres, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 18, 1949
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Arthur and Emma Biron-Kerr of Trois Rivières, Quebec. Brother of Gerald, Hugh and Harold Kerr.

Commemorated on Page 31 of the In the Service of Canada (1947 - 2014) Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

SE Corner, Plot 1, Left Side

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker
  • Photo of Joseph Austin Leslie Kerr– Studio portrait of Les just after Wings Parade.
  • Group photo– Les had joined the Canadian Army as an infantryman right at the end of WW2. He is fourth from the left on this undated photo taken while on exercise.
  • Paybook and ID bracelet
  • Army Paybook– Further detail of Les' Army paybook.
  • Patch– 410 Cougar squadron patch he had given to his mother upon joining the squadron at St. Hubert, Quebec. Circa 1949~50.
  • ID card– Front of RCAF ID card, February 1951.
  • ID card– Back of RCAF ID card, Feb 1951.
  • Letter– Letter of condolence sent to the family from Les' fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Macklen. Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, 1952.

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