In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Kenneth Malcolmson Gillies

who died on 1 Jun 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R115910
  Date of death 19430601
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R115910 Flight Sergeant (No. 420 Snowy Owl Squadron RCAF navigator) Kenneth Malcolmson Gillies (b.1919) of Shellbrook was KIA 19430601 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen from the northern European theatre who died with no known grave. Gillies' Wellington went missing in transit to the middle east. He was the son of Robert and Lilly Olive (Malcolmson) Gillies both from Ontario. Kenneth was born at Prince Albert and was a teller for the Bank of Nova Scotia when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1941. His brothers William and Harold both served in the Army.

JC Nicol and AJ Coates died on the same flight.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 493 - Shellbrook
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Prince Albert
  Geo-memorial Gillies Channel, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.5167°N / 108.6°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N10
  Geo-memorial details Connecting Martin and Beaverlodge Lakes near Uranium City.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190204
  Place of birth Prince Albert    
  Date of enlistment 19410812
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Shellbrook    
  Occupation banker
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