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Military service
Service number:
R/76376
Age:
22
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
601 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
O. 125.
Additional information
Son of Rosario and Secondina Di Persio (1987 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother); husband of Mary Di Persio (nee Bryden), of North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
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Photo of Querino di Persio
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Group Photo
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Press Clipping
Clipping notes that brother was wounded in action. -
Commemorative Album Cover
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Commemorative poem
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Picture of Querino Di Persio
RCAF Flight Sgt. Querino (Merino) Di Persio, son of Rosario and Secondina Di Persio of Sydney Mines, was killed in action on July 16, 1942 in the Middle East. Merino was the husband of Mary Di Persio (nee Bryden) of North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Merino was serving his country with brothers Patrick (RCAF), stationed in Winnipeg, and Sgt. Henry Di Persio of the Cape Breton Highlanders. -
Photo of Querino di Persio
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National Memorial Cross Mother
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Attestation paper
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Document
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Certificate of Marriage
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Querino Di Persio
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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