In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Edward Dewar Brokenshire

who died on 6 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R101270
  Date of death 19430806
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R101270 Flight Sergeant (No. 70 Squadron RAF air gunner) Edward Dewar (Teddy) Brokenshire (b.1922) of Bernard was KIA 19430806 and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt for servicemen from the middle eastern theatre who died with no known grave. Brokenshire's Wellington crashed in the sea. He was the son of Edward John and Agnes Clara Brown (Campbell) Brokenshire. Edward came from Cubert, Cornwall, England, in 1897, homesteaded at Stoughton, and re-homesteaded at SW2-22-8-W3 in the Bernard district south of Lucky Lake in 1909 (he and Agnes later retired to Chilliwack, British Columbia). Teddy attended New Hazelton school and farmed with his family before enlisting at Vancouver in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 225 - Canaan
  Cemetery or memorial location Alamein Memorial, Egypt    

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  Honour roll location(s) Demaine
Lucky Lake
  Geo-memorial Brokenshire Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.25°N / 102.4333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L8
  Geo-memorial details East of Wollaston Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19220120
  Place of birth Bernard    
  Date of enlistment 19410506
  Place of enlistment Vancouver, British Columbia    
  Residence on enlistment Bernard    
  Occupation farmer
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