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Flight Lieutenant Brian Anthony Casey

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Military service

Service number: C/1061
Age: 25
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth: September 12, 1917 Sandwich East, Windsor, Ontario
Death: May 5, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 2. Row 5. Grave 1.
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Son of Frederick Charles Casey and Ivy Hobbs, of Sandwich West, Ontario. Frederick served in Canada during the First World War, with the Western Ontario Regiment, service number 3137511.

Brother of Wilfred Joseph Casey who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He survived the war.

Before enlisting with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939, he served as private with Essex Scottish Regiment (Highlanders) from 1935 to 1937.

He served in Canada and Newfoundland. He had 1,333 days of service, including 238 days overseas.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 144 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GANDER CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada

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