Sergeant Murray Stewart Dewar

Royal Canadian Air Force

Dodsland, Saskatchewan

Died: Jan 11,1943

Commemorated at Hoosier Cemetery

Murray Stewart Dewar, born July 2, 1920 at Dodsland, Saskatchewan, grew up on the family farm in Hoosier, Saskatchewan. After completing his education at Hoosier High School in 1939, Dewar worked on the family farm for a year before working at the Kerr-Addison Gold Mines in Virginiatown, Ontario as a miller. Following enlistment at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan October 4, 1941, Dewar served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Per Ardua Ad Astra) attached to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba as a Sergeant during the Second World War. Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Dewar attended No. 2 Initial Training School before advancing to No. 15 Elementary Flying Training School, both in Regina, Saskatchewan, learning navigation and training on Tiger Moth and Fairchild Cornell aircraft. Dewar transferred to the No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba where he flew Harvard and Cessna-Crane aircraft. On January 11, 1943, Sergeant Murray Stewart Dewar died during an instrument training test when his Cessna-Crane crashed north of Ashville, Manitoba. A student pilot and in only his fifteenth month with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Dewar is commemorated at Hoosier Cemetery, Saskatchewan. Son of James S. and Ruby Doris (nee Taylor) of Hoosier; brother of Charles Donald, Gordon Taylor, Mildred Doris, Julene Mary, Claire Elaine and Lois Audrey; he was 22 years old. Citation(s): War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.