Plaque d'adjudant Michael Stewart Kerby

Warrant Officer Michael Stewart Kerby, RCAF, was born
in Ivanhoe, Ontario, worked on the farm and in the
hardware store business when he joined the RCAF at
Toronto. He received his training at Picton, Trenton and
Camp Borden, to go overseas in October 1941. Kerby
served with the RCAF as a Flight Sergeant in Great
Britain and in the Middle East. When in Egypt he
sustained a crash but was saved, winning the Order of the
Flying Boot award. He returned to England and on May
12, 1943, he was killed in England while on active duty.
Kerby attended West Huntingdon and Ivanhoe Schools,
where he played hockey. He was promoted to the rank of
Warrant Officer on April 7, 1943, and conferred
posthumously. Son of Michael and Minnie, siblings of
Joseph, Mary, Eileen, Helen, Gerald and John Kerby.

This plaque is commemorated thanks to Brian Long,
Brock Kerby the Huntingdon Rec Committee

STEWART KERBY
1915  First Sgt. Pilot of Huntingdon Twp.  1943