Saskatoon Woodlawn Cemetary
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BCATP RAF RAAF RCAF RNZAF Graves

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AC2 Heibert
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LAC Tweedie
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LAC Randell
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LAC Starkey
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Sgt. Varey
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LAC Knight
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LAC Wyman
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LAC Richardson
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LAC Alexander
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LAC Rowe
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Sgt. Stevenson
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F/O. Mitchell
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AC1 Lockwood
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WO2. Trask
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P/O. Herlen
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LAC Little
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LAC Wilson
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F/O. Vogelsang
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Cpl. Short
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P/O. Hunt
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Sgt. Hawes
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P/O. Earl
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LAC Gray
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LAC Mayfield
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F/O. Ness
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LAC Power
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LAC Gillan
   

 



Details of the Casualties

Name:

HIEBERT, THEODORE ROLAND

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Aircraftman 2nd Class

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

26

Date of Death:

02/05/1941

Service No:

R/61199

Next of Kin:

Son of Pauline Hiebert, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7703

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

TWEEDIE, DONALD

Nationality:

Australian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Australian Air Force

Age:

22

Date of Death:

08/04/1941

Service No:

402420

Next of Kin:

Son of Walter Ernest and Amy Gertrude Tweedie, of Portland, New South Wales, Australia.

Details of Death:

Crash of Harvard 2704

Place of Death:

1 SFTS, Camp Borden, Ontario


Name:

RANDELL, ALLAN MITCHELL

Nationality:

Australian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Australian Air Force

Age:

22

Date of Death:

08/04/1941

Service No:

404358

Next of Kin:

Son of Reginald Edward and Jessie May Randell, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.

Details of Death:

Crash of Anson 6235

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

STARKEY, WILLIAM LEWIS NICK

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

20

Date of Death:

12/03/1941

Service No:

R/67700

Next of Kin:

Son of Hugh L. Starkey and Elizabeth H. Starkey, of Belize, British Honduras.

Details of Death:

Crash of Anson W1667

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

VAREY, ROBERT FREDERICK

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Sergeant (Pilot)

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

20

Date of Death:

04/02/1942

Service No:

R/75172

Next of Kin:

Son of Frederick and Alice M. Varey, of Elstow.

Details of Death:

Crash of Bolingbroke 9063 (119 City of Hamilton Squadron)

Place of Death:

Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia


Name:

KNIGHT, MERVYN DAVID

Nationality:

New Zealand

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Age:

26

Date of Death:

02/02/1942

Service No:

414641

Next of Kin:

Son of David Knight, and of Isabella May Knight (nee Frisby), of Lilburne, Southland, New Zealand.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7703

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

WYMAN, MERRIT MALONE

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

32

Date of Death:

01/10/1941

Service No:

R/62140

Next of Kin:

Son of Claude E. Wyman and Elizabeth Bertha Wyman, husband of Eva Kathleen Wyman, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Struck by a passenger train in the C.P.R. freight yards.

Place of Death:

7 SFTS, MacLeod Alberta


Name:

RICHARDSON, JOHN GORDON

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

25

Date of Death:

17/11/1940

Service No:

C/899

Next of Kin:

Son of Albert John and Margaret Richardson, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Killed bailing out of Digby 749 (10 North Atlantic Squadron)

Place of Death:

Near East Lake, Quebec


Name:

ALEXANDER, ROBERT GORDON

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

26

Date of Death:

06/06/1941

Service No:

R/76598

Next of Kin:

Son of Richard Arthur and Annie Elizabeth Alexander, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Harvard 3772

Place of Death:

10 SFTS, Dauphin, Manitoba


Name:

ROWE, HERBERT JOHN

Nationality:

Australian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Australian Air Force

Age:

21

Date of Death:

25/05/1941

Service No:

400489

Next of Kin:

Husband of Gwen I. M. Rowe, of Elwood, Victoria, Australia.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7715

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

STEVENSON, BERT LLOYD

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

40

Date of Death:

08/01/1945

Service No:

R/128230

Next of Kin:

Son of Samuel Baird Stevenson and Sarah W. Stevenson; husband of Mary Lavina Stevenson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Details of Death:

Death by natural causes

Place of Death:

RCAF Station, Fort St. John, British Columbia


Name:

MITCHELL, JOHN WEBBER

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Flying Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

36

Date of Death:

21/08/1944

Service No:

C/38529

Next of Kin:

Son of Arthur P. Mitchell and Anna C. Mitchell, of Saskatoon; husband of Lilyan L. Mitchell, of Prince Albert.

Details of Death:

Death by natural causes

Place of Death:

1 AOS, Malton, Ontario


Name:

LOCKWOOD, DUANE FRANCIS

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Aircraftman 1st Class

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

24

Date of Death:

19/08/1944

Service No:

R/285048

Next of Kin:

Son of George N. Lockwood and Annette C. Lockwood, of Pinkham; husband of Isabel Anna Lockwood, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Bolingbroke 10055

Place of Death:

3 BGS Macdonald, Manitoba


Name:

TRASK, MARION ELLIS

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Warrant Officer Class II

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

29

Date of Death:

14/05/1944

Service No:

R/98950

Next of Kin:

Son of C. Arnold Trask and Elta Lorena Trask, of Hanley.

Details of Death:

Crash of Anson 11687

Place of Death:

2 ANS Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island


Name:

HERLEN, ERNEST OSBORNE

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

25

Date of Death:

09/06/1944

Service No:

C/46827

Next of Kin:

Son of Ernest Waldemar Herlen and Ina Maria Herlen, of Saskatoon, husband of Alice Mabel Herlen, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Canso A 11019

Place of Death:

4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Ucluelet, British Columbia


Name:

LITTLE, ASHLEY LORNE

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

21

Date of Death:

25/02/1942

Service No:

R/105304

Next of Kin:

Son of Lawrence H. Little and Abigail M. Little, of Dinismore.

Details of Death:

Automobile accident

Place of Death:

21 EFTS Chatham, New Brunswick


Name:

WILSON, LESLIE GEORGE HAMILTON

Nationality:

New Zealand

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Age:

27

Date of Death:

11/02/1942

Service No:

414712

Next of Kin:

Son of George Arthur Hamilton Wilson and Florence Marion Wilson, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7868

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

VOGELSANG, EDWARD WALTER

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Flying Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

22

Date of Death:

08/01/1943

Service No:

J/10495

Next of Kin:

Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Vogelsang, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Hudson BW447 113 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron

Place of Death:

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia


Name:

SHORT, ROBERT PRINGLE

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Corporal

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

29

Date of Death:

17/01/1943

Service No:

R/115877

Next of Kin:

Son of George and Isabelle Short, of Saskatoon husband of Christine T. Short, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Death by natural causes

Place of Death:

7 ITS Saskatoon Saskatchewan


Name:

HUNT, ALLAN WILLIAM JOHN

Nationality:

Australian

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Australian Air Force

Age:

27

Date of Death:

14/03/1943

Service No:

420343

Next of Kin:

Son of William and Lillian Hunt, of Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Grace Hunt, of Chatswood.

Details of Death:

Crash of Hampden P5433

Place of Death:

32 OTU Patricia Bay, British Columbia


Name:

HAWES, FREDRICK CHARLES

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Sergeant

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

24

Date of Death:

02/06/1943

Service No:

R/139893

Next of Kin:

Son of Samuel James Hawes and Rosetta Amy Hawes, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Drowned in Watson Lake

Place of Death:

4 Staging Unit, Watson Lake, Yukon


Name:

EARL, WILLIAM HARRY

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

34

Date of Death:

05/10/1943

Service No:

C/24354

Next of Kin:

Son of Henry Richard and Frances Mary Earl, of Saskatoon; husband of Adeline Thelma Earl, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Anson DG872

Place of Death:

1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba


Name:

GRAY, GORDON

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Age:

19

Date of Death:

31/07/1942

Service No:

1361191

Next of Kin:

Son of William and Jessie Gray, of Kirn, Argyllshire, Scotland.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7719

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

MAYFIELD, FREDDY

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

32

Date of Death:

02/06/1942

Service No:

R/138394

Next of Kin:

Son of Frederick William and Rosa Mayfield, of Victoria, British Columbia.

Details of Death:

Fell or jumped from 25th St. Bridge, Saskatoon, Sask.

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.


Name:

NESS, ALFRED OLAV

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Flying Officer

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

33

Date of Death:

18/03/1942

Service No:

C/7174

Next of Kin:

Son of John N. Ness and Gunda Caroline Ness, of Sturgis; husband of Pearl Ness, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Anson 9740 (6 AOS, Prince Albert, Sask.)

Place of Death:

Kinistino, Saskatchewan.


Name:

POWER, GEORGE WILLIAM EDWARD

Nationality:

Canadian

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Age:

21

Date of Death:

06/03/1942

Service No:

R/123350

Next of Kin:

Son of William Lawrence and Emily Power, of Saskatoon.

Details of Death:

Crash of Fleet Finch 4791 (17 EFTS, Stanley, N.S.)

Place of Death:

Minas Basin, near Walton,Nova Scotia


Name:

GILLAN, LESLIE WILLIAM

Nationality:

New Zealand

Rank:

Leading Aircraftman

Regiment/Service:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Age:

20

Date of Death:

24/02/1942

Service No:

414274

Next of Kin:

Son of William Henry and Lily Elizabeth Gillan, of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Details of Death:

Crash of Crane 7717

Place of Death:

4 SFTS, Saskatoon, Sask.

Sources:
1)They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
2) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database


#4 Service Flying Training School

This training school was based in Saskatoon. Some of the students, and former students are buried in War Graves Section of Woodlawn Cemetery.

One of the former students, who died in a crash at an OTU in B.C., was P/O. A. W. J. Hunt, RAAF. While he was at 4 SFTS, a photograph of the RAAF students (and one RCAF student), was taken. Thanks to the generosity of his nephew, the photo, and a "history of service" for each student in the photo, is now being shared.

Photo and service histories, RAAF students, Course 58, 4 SFTS, 1942.

 

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