LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Brandon Royce KERSEY
Service No: 410811
Born: 28 September 1922, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 10 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 10 Service Flying School Crane aircraft 8665), Manitoba, 19 July 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Dauphin Riverside Cemetery, Manitoba
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Cheverton Kersey and Ada Violet Kersey, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brighton VIC
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 July 1943, Flying Officer Kersey, a Pilot, was killed when Crane 9665 crashed seven miles south west of the aerodrome at Dauphin, Manitoba.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9300, KERSEY B B