In memory of

Pilot Officer

Arthur Thomas Keeping

who died on 8 Nov 1944

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J90653
  Date of death 19441108
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J90653 Pilot Officer (No. 424 Tiger Squadron RCAF air gunner) Arthur Thomas Keeping (b.1924) of Codette was KIA 19441108 and is buried at Reichswald Forest war cemetery near Kleve, Germany. Keeping's Halifax was lost during a night raid on Dusseldorf. Arthur was born on the homestead, educated at Inkster school and was farming with his family when he enlisted at Saskatoon in 1943.

Brother of JR Keeping. They were the sons of Sidney and Winnifred Alice Augusta (Brewer) Keeping who came from the Isle of Wight to Star City in 1907, moving to homestead NE34-49-16-W2 in the Elk Hill district west of Codette in 1919.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 487 - Nipawin
  Cemetery or memorial location Reichswald Forest war cemetery, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Codette
  Geo-memorial Keeping Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.0667°N / 102.45°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L1
  Geo-memorial details North of Reindeer Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19240702
  Place of birth Codette    
  Date of enlistment 19430428
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Codette    
  Occupation farmer
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