In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Gerald Alfred Beckett

who died on 3 Jan 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R139887
  Date of death 19440103
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R139887 Flight Sergeant (No. 101 Squadron RAF air gunner) Gerald Alfred Beckett (b.1917) of Regina was KIA 19440103 and is buried at Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany. Beckett was flying in a Lancaster when he was shot down over Berlin. He was the son of Alfred and May Genevieve (Bagot) Beckett who came from Hamilton, Ontario, to homestead NE28-14-8-W2 east of Glenavon and later moved to Toronto. Gerald was working as a mail order clerk for Army & Navy before the war, and spent just over a year in the Army before transferring to the RCAF at Regina late in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Glenavon
  Geo-memorial Beckett Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.3667°N / 104.4°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74H8
  Geo-memorial details West of Reindeer Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170905
  Place of birth Regina    
  Date of enlistment 19400801
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation mail order clerk
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