In memory of

Sergeant

Cecil Lester Sebelius

who died on 22 Jun 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Sergeant
  Service number R94570
  Date of death 19430622
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R94570 Sergeant (No. 408 Goose Squadron RCAF flight engineer) Cecil Lester Sebelius (b.1917) of Vantage was KIA 19430622 and is buried at Oud Leusden general cemetery, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Sebelius' Halifax went missing during a raid on Krefeld, Germany. He was the son of Arthur Vernon and Helen Sebelius who came from Bottineau, North Dakota, to homestead NE14-10-30-W2 in the Dewdrop district south of Mossbank in 1912. Cecil was farming when he enlisted at Regina early in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 102 - Lake Johnston
  Cemetery or memorial location Oud Leusden general cemetery, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Sutton-Lake Johnston
  Geo-memorial Sebelius Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 59.7667°N / 108.55°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74N15
  Geo-memorial details East of Taz Bay, Tazin Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19171114
  Place of birth Vantage    
  Date of enlistment 19410221
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Vantage    
  Occupation farmer
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