In memory of

Flight Sergeant

Frank John Barnes Scrimes

who died on 2 Jun 1942

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 23 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R85408
  Date of death 19420602
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R85408 Flight Sergeant (RCAF observer) Frank John Barnes (Jack) Scrimes (b.1917) of Regina was KIA 19420602 and is buried at Uden war cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Scrimes' Wellington went missing in an operation over enemy territory from No. 23 Operational Training Unit; the remains of aircraft and crew were not discovered until 1957. He was the son of Frank William and Margaret Mary (Pollock) Scrimes who came from Manitoba. Jack was born at Rosthern and educated at Saskatoon and at Central collegiate, Regina, where his father was transferred by the Imperial Bank in 1933. He spent two years at the University of Saskatchewan studying engineering but was working as a clerk for Imperial Oil when he enlisted at Regina early in 1941.

Scrimes is one of 22 members of First Presbyterian congregation to be commemorated on a stained glass window in the church, and to have their stories told in David G. Marshall, Stained Glass Name: A Dedication of Remembrance, published by the church in 2002.
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Images
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Service record
Service record
Stained Glass Name, courtesy 1st Presbyterian church
Stained Glass Name, courtesy 1st Presbyterian church
Stained Glass Name, courtesy 1st Presbyterian church
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Uden war cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Scrimes Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.5667°N / 103.4333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L11
  Geo-memorial details North of Wollaston Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170908
  Place of birth Rosthern    
  Date of enlistment 19410210
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation clerk
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