In memory of

Pilot Officer

Walter Kerslake

who died on 22 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J19112
  Date of death 19431022
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J19112 Pilot Officer (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF bomb aimer) Walter Kerslake (b.1919) of Windthorst was KIA 19431022 and is buried at Hanover war cemetery, Harrenberger, Germany. Kerslake's Lancaster was shot down at Lavelsloh during a night raid on Kassel. He was the son of George and Laura Lilly (Hawkins) Kerslake who both came from London, England, to homestead SW12-13-7-W2 south of Windthorst in 1906. They were the first couple married in Windthorst's Methodist church in 1910. George graduated from Crocus school and Windthorst and taught for a year at Carlsbad school near Turtleford before enlisting at Regina in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 125 - Chester
  Cemetery or memorial location Hannover war cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Windthorst
  Geo-memorial Kerslake Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.2667°N / 102.6833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L7
  Geo-memorial details East of Wollaston Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190731
  Place of birth Windthorst    
  Date of enlistment 19410801
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Windthorst    
  Occupation teacher
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