In memory of

Leading Aircraftman

David Earl Kitchener Lewis

who died on 19 Apr 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 17 Service Flying Training School, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Leading Aircraftman
  Service number R181754
  Date of death 19450419
  Cause of death died of non-combat causes
Narrative history
  R181754 Leading Aircraftman (RCAF aero engine mechanic) David Earl Kitchener Lewis (b.1915) of Swift Current died 19450419 and is buried at Manitou communal cemetery, Manitoba, near his wife Elsie Marie (Anning)'s home. Lewis died from the effects of anaesthesia in the camp hospital at No. 17 Service Flying Training School, Souris, while being operated on for severe blood poisoning in an old wound on his hand. David Jr. spent over a year at the University of Manitoba and was working for PFRA at the Swift Current experimental station for three years before enlisting at Regina in 1942.

His brother 644842 Leading Aircraftman (No. 40 Squadron RAF) James Frederick Byng Lewis of Morden died 19400414 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen with no known grave. James Lewis Bay on Bolton Lake, Manitoba (53L4), has been named in his honour.

They were the sons of David Llewellyn and Margaret (Johnston) Lewis of Morden.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 137 - Swift Current
  Cemetery or memorial location Manitou communal cemetery, Manitoba    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Lewis Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.15°N / 104.9167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74A2
  Geo-memorial details East of Nagle Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19150301
  Place of birth Morden, Manitoba    
  Date of enlistment 19420820
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Swift Current    
  Occupation agriculturist
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