In memory of

Pilot Officer

Thomas Walker Caston

who died on 28 Feb 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J15105
  Date of death 19440228
  Cause of death died of non-combat causes
Narrative history
  J15105 Pilot Officer (No. 110 Hyderabad Squadron RAF pilot) Thomas Walker Caston (b.1921) of Macklin died 19420228 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near London, England. Caston had already completed a tour when he and his crew were assigned to test fly an Albemarle aircraft. They crashed and burned at Shalbourne in eastern Wiltshire. He was the son of John Evrett and Edna Ella (Walker) Caston who homesteaded SW16-39-27-W3 northeast of Macklin. Thomas was working as a printer at the Macklin Times when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1940. Two brothers, Douglas and Bob, along with sister Mary, Thomas' twin, also served in the RCAF.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 382 - Eye Hill
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Macklin
  Geo-memorial Caston Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.5333°N / 102.7333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M10
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Phelps Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19210227
  Place of birth Macklin    
  Date of enlistment 19400718
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Macklin    
  Occupation printer
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