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Keith Pratt Gemmel

In memory of:

Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel

July 3, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/180825

Age:

18

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

19 Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Additional Information

Born:

August 6, 1924
Markdale, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 10, 1942
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Sqdn. Ldr. Kenneth Shaw Gemmel and Margaret Olive (nee Pratt) Gemmel, of Markdale, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 162 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

KINLOSS ABBEY BURIAL GROUND
Moray, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 60. Row C.

Location:

Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground, is half a mile north-west of Kinloss railway station between Kinloss and Findhorn Bay. The burial ground contains the ruins of an abbey founded by David I in the year 1150. There was a Royal Air Force Training Station at Kinloss aerodrome during the 1939-1945 War. During the early part of the 1939-1945 War a special plot was set aside for service war burials, and all but three of the war graves are in this plot. A Cross of Sacrifice is erected at the far end of the plot overlooking the graves.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Group Photo– 27 April 1943 Graduation at #9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec F/L K.S. Gemmell presents the Air Gunners wings to his son Sgt. K.P. Gemmell. (RCAF Photo PL-16144)

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    Group Photo – 27 April 1943 Graduation at #9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec F/L K.S. Gemmell presents the Air Gunners wings to his son Sgt. K.P. Gemmell. (RCAF Photo PL-16144)
  • Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel– 27 April 1943 Graduation at #9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec F/L K.S. Gemmell presents the Air Gunners wings to his son Sgt. K.P. Gemmell. (RCAF Photo PL-16145)

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    Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel – 27 April 1943 Graduation at #9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mont Joli, Quebec F/L K.S. Gemmell presents the Air Gunners wings to his son Sgt. K.P. Gemmell. (RCAF Photo PL-16145)
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Owen Sound Sun Times September 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Keith Gemmel– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Keith Gemmel – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel
    Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel
    Photo of Keith Pratt Gemmel – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground

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    Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground
    Kinloss Abbey Burial Ground
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  • Grave Marker

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel 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

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    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 Keith Pratt Gemmel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Keith Pratt Gemmel is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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