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Military service
Service number:
J/11622
Age:
28
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
608 Sqdn.
Death:
September 14, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10, Column 1.
Additional information
Son of George Cecil Cherer and Ella Ruth Dyson of Kelowna, British Columbia.
He served in Canada, Great Britain, Algeria and Sicily. He 868 days of service, of them 323 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with bar, Italy Start, Defence Medal, General Service Badge, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar, operational wings.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
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Photo of Kenneth Claude Cherer
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer 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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria Daily Times. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Kenneth Claude Cherer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 145 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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