In memory of

Flying Officer

George Donald Kain

who died on 23 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J22773
  Date of death 19430823
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J22773 Flying Officer (No. 106 Squadron RAF pilot) George Donald Kain (b.1920) of Oxbow was KIA 19430823 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery near Kleve, Germany. Kain's Lancaster was shot down at Dusseldorf. He was the son of Donald and Mary Violet Christina (Forman) Kain. Donald, a World War I veteran, came from Middlesex Co., Ontario, to Regina where he was involved in the building trades, Mary was one of the first babies born at Glen Ewen. The family moved to the Palestine district to take over a family farm in 1931. George was born at Belle Plaine, educated at Regina and Palestine school and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.
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Additional information
  Links to other web pages His father's WWI attestation
Memorial - Oxbow

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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 3 - Enniskillen
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Oxbow
  Geo-memorial Kain Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.8833°N / 104.0833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73I16
  Geo-memorial details Southeast of Wapawekka Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19201027
  Place of birth Belle Plaine    
  Date of enlistment 19410718
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Oxbow    
  Occupation farmer
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