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Leslie Ernest Carey

In memory of:

Sergeant Leslie Ernest Carey

June 29, 1943
Wandre, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

R/125005

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

35 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

May 30, 1918
Blackburn Mines, Gatineau, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 1, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20.

Location:

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located 30 km from Brussels and 3 km south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest(ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251) signposted Namen, Waver & Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerpelstraat. Continue down the Kerpelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY is located.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Leslie Carey– Perkin's Mills, Quebec
  • Family Photo– This is the Kane family at their farm near Buckingham, Quebec. At the back on the right is Lesley Carey.  He has his arms around Dorothy Kane.  All her life, Mom always kept his ring on her finger....
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Ottawa Citizen. 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– Sergeant Leslie Ernest Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Leslie Ernest Carey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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