In memory of

Pilot Officer

Walter John Gramson

who died on 29 Jun 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J87203
  Date of death 19440629
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J87203 Pilot Officer (No. 76 Squadron RAF pilot) Walter John Gramson (b.1919) of Delisle was KIA 19440629 and buried at Dieppe Canadian war cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France. Gramson's Halifax was shot down during a raid on Blainville-sur-Leau. He was the son of Lawrence Edward Gramson, who came from London, England, to the Peveril district in 1905, and Mary Madeline (Kirch) originally of Fredericton, New Brunswick. They farmed from 1918 at NE32-34-8-W3 across the road from Walter's namesake grandfather's homestead. Walter was farming when he enlisted at Regina early in 1942, leaving a wife Veronica Marie (Schock) and a daughter Eileen Mary at Macklin.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 345 - Vanscoy
  Cemetery or memorial location Dieppe Canadian war cemetery, Hautot-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France    

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  Honour roll location(s) Delisle
  Geo-memorial Gramson Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.9972°N / 102.7158°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64M15
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Misaw Lake on the Northwest Territories border.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19191027
  Place of birth Delisle    
  Date of enlistment 19420316
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Delisle    
  Occupation farmer
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