In memory of

Corporal

Gabriel Krasiun

who died on 9 Jun 1946

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Corporal
  Service number R254135
  Date of death 19460609
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  R254135 Corporal (RCAF) Gabriel Krasiun Jr. (b.1914) of Kayville died 19460609 and is buried at St. Mary's cemetery, Kayville. According to the family biography in the local history, Krasiun was serving in the RCAF's "fire fighters corps" and was killed in a plane crash at Williams Lake, British Columbia (his file indicates that he was killed in a jeep accident near the RCAF's firefighting station at Dog Creek). He was the son of Gabriel and Eronia (Shumlanski) Krasiun who came from Romania via Max, McLean Co., North Dakota, to homestead SE22-9-24-W2 just northeast of Kayville in 1908. Gabriel Jr. attended Claudia school which his father had helped to found and was farming when he enlisted at Regina in 1943. His brother Caston also served in the RCAF.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 70 - Key West
  Cemetery or memorial location St Mary's cemetery, Kayville    

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  Honour roll location(s) Ogema
  Geo-memorial Krasiun Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.7°N / 105.3167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A11
  Geo-memorial details East of Upper Foster Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19140924
  Place of birth Kayville    
  Date of enlistment 19430529
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Kayville    
  Occupation farmer
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