In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

Walter Leonard Cogger

who died on 18 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R100606
  Date of death 19430818
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R100606 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 428 Ghost Squadron RCAF wireless air gunner) Walter Leonard (Buster) Cogger (b.1914) of Toronto, Ontario, was KIA 19430818 and is buried at Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany. Cogger's Halifax was shot down at Griefswald during a night raid on the rocket pens at Peenemunde. He was the son of Alfred, a Barr colonist, and Alice (Dare) Cogger and left a wife Verna Mae (Scriver) and daughter Lynne Marie at Hastings, Northumberland Co., Ontario. Buster was born and educated at Prince Albert and was working as a surveyor out of Toronto when he enlisted there early in 1941.

MB Murphy died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 461 - Prince Albert
  Cemetery or memorial location Berlin 1939-45 war cemetery, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Prince Albert
  Geo-memorial Cogger Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.4167°N / 108.7333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N7
  Geo-memorial details On Crackingstone Peninsula, Lake Athabasca.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19140922
  Place of birth Prince Albert    
  Date of enlistment 19410331
  Place of enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Residence on enlistment Toronto, Ontario    
  Occupation surveyor
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