In memory ofPilot OfficerKeith Thomas Bielbywho died on 17 Aug 1944 |
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J89968 Pilot Officer (No. 158 Squadron RAF air gunner) Keith Thomas Bielby (b.1925) of Kelfield was KIA 19440817 and is buried at Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Bielby's Halifax crash landed at Foston-on-the-Wolds, East Riding Yorkshire, returning from a night raid on Kiel. He was the only son of Thomas Tyler and Verley Kathleen (Boyle, a nurse) Bielby who came from Morris township, Huron Co., Ontario, to a farm west of Kelfield in 1914, and Keith attended Kelfield and Wilkie schools. The family moved to the Loon River district southwest of Rapid View in 1938 but returned to Kelfield after Thomas' death. Keith enlisted at Saskatoon in 1943 just before his 18th birthday. Interestingly, Keith's plane crashed just two miles from their home base, and only about ten miles from the Bielby ancestral home at Weaverthorpe. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration | 349 - Grandview | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cemetery or memorial location | Stonefall cemetery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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Honour roll location(s) | Kelfield Meadow Lake | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial | Bielby Lake, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial location | 55.55°N / 104.8°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial NTS map reference | 73P10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial details | Three of Keith's sisters and their husbands traavelled to Bielby Lakewest of Missinipe to erect a plaque in 1994. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19250704 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kelfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of enlistment | 19430525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of enlistment | Saskatoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence on enlistment | Kelfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | student | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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