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Emerson Earl Case

In memory of:

Sergeant Emerson Earl Case

November 19, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/183870

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

431 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and Operational Wings.

Additional Information


Born:

February 28, 1922
Zenda, Oxford, Ontario

Enlistment:

August 25, 1942
London, Ontario

Son of Franklin Edward and Emma Rozella Case; husband of Eileen Muriel Case, of Woodstock, Ontario.

Brother of Seaman Louis Forest Case who served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and he survived the war.

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:

NEWHAVEN CEMETERY
Sussex, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 588.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Emerson Earl Case is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Emerson Earl Case 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
  • Photo of Emerson Earl Case– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Correspondence– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Emerson E. Case– Sgt. Emerson E. Case Woodstock Ont
  • Photo of Emmerson Earl Case– Emmerson Earl Case before going overseas 1942
  • Grave marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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