In memory of

Flight Sergeant

August Leroy Beckwall

who died on 5 Dec 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit Ferry Command, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R114549
  Date of death 19421205
  Cause of death died of non-combat causes
Narrative history
  R114549 Flight Sergeant (RCAF Ferry Command pilot) (August) Leroy Beckwall (b.1922) of Radville died 19421205 and is buried at Laurier cemetery, Radville. Beckwall was with Ferry Command at Dorval, Quebec, and was killed when his Hudson aircraft stalled and crashed on landing at Houlton, Maine. His parents John and Hilda (Johnson) Beckwall came from South Dakota to homestead NE16-7-18-W2 just south of the Abbott siding, and his mother was well known as a midwife in the district. Leroy was a student when he enllisted at Regina in 1941. His brother Walter also flew with Ferry Command, they were the nephews of AA Beckwall, a WWI casualty.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 68 - Brokenshell
  Cemetery or memorial location Laurier cemetery, Radville    

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  Honour roll location(s) Radville
  Geo-memorial Beckwall Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.6833°N / 108.4833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N9
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Uranium City.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220823
  Place of birth Radville    
  Date of enlistment 19410710
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Radville    
  Occupation student
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