Yorke, Basil Ralph
Killed in Flight Line Accident 1942-11-03
Birth Date: 1916
Born:
Son of Harry Burton and Gertrude Meria Yorke, of Wharton, Nova Scotia; husband of Martha Sophia Yorke, of Toronto, Ontario.
Home: Fox River, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
200 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Base
Rank
Warrant Officer
Position
Warrant Officer 2nd Class
Service Numbers
R/11546
First Burial
Fajara, Gambia
70 Operational Training Unit. Warrant Officer Yorke was killed when he walked into the propeller of a Wellington aircraft that was running up prior to take-off at Jeswang, Gambia.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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