In memory ofWarrant Officer class 2Panko Peter Blazeikowho died on 2 Sep 1943 |
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R128212 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 612 Squadron RCAF navigator) Panko Peter Blazeiko (b.1918) of West Bend was KIA 19430902 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial just west of London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. He was the son of Hnat and Ksenia (Chrunik) Blazejko who homesteaded NE32-28-12-W2 just southeast of West Bend. Panko took his high school at Foam Lake and taught at Wolverine Lake and Lily White schools before enlisting at Saskatoon in 1941. He married Lily Irene (Slakiw) at Tuffnell the next year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration | 276 - Foam Lake | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cemetery or memorial location | Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England
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Geo-memorial | Blazeiko Lake, Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial location | 57.1833°N / 107.3333°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial NTS map reference | 74G3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Geo-memorial details | Panko's family travelled to Blazeiko Lake southwest of Cree Lake in 2002 and 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19180216 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | West Bend | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of enlistment | 19410912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of enlistment | Saskatoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence on enlistment | West Bend | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | teacher | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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