In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Maurice John Bracey

who died on 30 Sep 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 23 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R102019
  Date of death 19420930
  Cause of death died in a training accident
Narrative history
  R102019 Flight Sergeant (RCAF) Maurice John Bracey (1915) of Weyburn died 19420930 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. Bracey's Wellington crashed in the North Sea on a training flight from No. 23 Operational Training Unit. Maurice was born at Halbrite to John Robert and Louise Agnes Bracey (who later retired to Regina), graduated from high school at Verwood and was working for the provincial government when he enlisted in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 71 - Excel
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Excel
Weyburn
  Geo-memorial Bracey Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.8167°N / 104.5167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P15
  Geo-memorial details North of Stanley Mission.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19151024
  Place of birth Halbrite    
  Date of enlistment 19410423
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Verwood    
  Occupation farmer
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