In memory of

Sergeant

Wesley Reuben Cline

who died on 22 Aug 1944


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number R99000
  Date of death 19440822
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  R99000 Sergeant (RCAF Staion Bella Bella clerk) Wesley Reuben Cline (b.1920) of Zelma, where he is buried, died 19440822. Cline and a fellow NCO were recreational swimming when he panicked and drowned near Bella Bella, British Columbia. His father Richard Alfred Cline came from Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ontario, was wounded in action during World War I, married local teacher Caroline Theresa (Parker) in 1919 and farmed in the Zelma area. Wesley attended Oxford Plains, Creekview and Zelma schools. He was born at Saskatoon and enlisted there in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 312 - Morris
  Cemetery or memorial location Zelma cemetery    

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  Honour roll location(s) Young
  Geo-memorial Cline Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.3333°N / 104.0833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P8
  Geo-memorial details On behalf of the family Doug Chisholm erected a tribute plaque at Cline Lake east of Nistowiak Lake in 2004.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19200819
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19410515
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Zelma    
  Occupation student
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