In memory of

Pilot Officer

Robert William Burdell Carey

who died on 30 Jul 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J90931
  Date of death 19440730
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J90931 Pilot Officer (No. 115 Squadron RAF air gunner) Robert William Burdell (Bud) Carey (b.1924) of Estevan was KIA 19440730. Carey's Lancaster was shot down over Caen and he is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France. His parents Robert William (Bob), a veteran, and Alice (Godfrey) Carey came from Derbyshire, England, to farm at 13-2-8-W2 just southeast of Estevan in 1923. Bud was born on the farm and was working as a delivery boy for a butcher shop when he enlisted at Regina early in 1943.

JM Lonie and CA Thompson died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 5 - Estevan
  Cemetery or memorial location Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian war cemetery, Calvados, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Estevan
  Geo-memorial Carey Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.0333°N / 104.55°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P2
  Geo-memorial details North of Wapawekka Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19241105
  Place of birth Estevan    
  Date of enlistment 19430111
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Estevan    
  Occupation delivery man
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