In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Harold George Dyer

who died on 8 Jan 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R102350
  Date of death 19430108
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R102350 Flight Sergeant (No. 50 Squadron RAF air gunner) Harold George Dyer (b.1923) of Lebret was KIA 19430108 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery near Kleve, Germany. Dyer's Lancaster was shot down at Dusseldorf during a raid on Duisberg. He was the son of Herbert B. and Mary Amy Louise (Spanier) Dyer who farmed 21-20-12-W2 in the Saltoun district. Harold was educated at Saltoun school and at Lebret and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 186 - Abernethy
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Lebret
Balcarres
  Geo-memorial Dyer Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 55.5167°N / 104.7°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73P10
  Geo-memorial details On behalf of the family Doug Chisholm installed a memorial plaque at Dyer Lake south of Missinipe in 2003.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19230116
  Place of birth Lebret    
  Date of enlistment 19410520
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Lebret    
  Occupation farmer
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