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Military service
Service number:
R/215102
Age:
20
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
September 4, 1923
Arran
Enlistment:
January 14, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
54. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Hrycenko, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
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Brothers
Arthur K. Hrycenko (R) with his Brother Peter (L) 1943. -
Photo of Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko. In memory from his loving family. -
Grave Marker
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Inscription
Sergeant ARTHUR KENNETH HRYCENKO, Sergeant OTIS WILFRID LIBBY, Flying Officer RICHARD REGINALD RICKY WHITBY, Flying Officer DONALD ROSS GILCHRIST, and Flying Officer PHILIP HORACE DUVAL were all killed on June 17, 1944 as indicated by these inscriptions on their grave markers. They are buried in adjacent graves (Section 54. E.10 to E. 6) at BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey, United Kingdom and presumably died when their aircraft crashed in England. -
Newspaper Clipping
Sergeant ARTHUR KENNETH HRYCENKO, Sergeant OTIS WILFRID LIBBY, Flying Officer RICHARD REGINALD RICKY WHITBY, Flying Officer DONALD ROSS GILCHRIST, and Flying Officer PHILIP HORACE DUVAL are listed in this excerpt of the Department of National Defense for Air Causalty List No 925, published in the Globe and Mail on July 4, 1944, as having been Killed on Active Service Overseas,. They were killed on June 17, 1944 and are buried in adjacent graves (Section 54. E.10 to E. 6) at BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey, United Kingdom and presumably died when their aircraft crashed in England. -
Document
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Photo of ARTHUR KENNETH HRYCENKO
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Letter
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Letter
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Memorial
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko 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
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Arthur Kenneth Hrycenko
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 339 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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