In Remembrance

Thanks to the veterans, war is not something I will likely know or have to experience in my life.  I will not have to send my son off at the tender age of 18, I will not have to deal with the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that comes with the service and sacrifice that these brave men often face.
Nonetheless, I am grateful.  Today I will remember especially a man I never knew: my great Uncle Mike.  He was my mom's uncle.
Lest we forget
 My information comes for the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

In memory of
Flight Sergeant
Michael Patrick Kimber
who died on 25 Jun 1943

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Service details
Conflict WWII Service RCAF Unit No. 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Rank Flight Sergeant Service number R98960 Date of death 19430625 Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
	R98960 Flight Sergeant (No. 428 Ghost Squadron RCAF Halifax air gunner) Michael Patrick Kimber (b.1916) of Blaine Lake was KIA 19430625 in a night bombing run over Wupperthal and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of William Charles, a Boer War veteran, and Exirienne (Turcotte) Kimber. William came from Kent, England, to homestead NW30-35-10-W3 just south of Kinley, later moving to a farm north of Blaine Lake. Michael was farming when he enlisted in 1941, and left a wife Florence (Diehl) and children Doreen, Phyllis and Wayne.
Memorial information
	Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration	434 - Blaine Lake
	Grave or memorial location	Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands
	Honour roll location(s)	Blaine Lake
	Geo-memorial	Kimber Lakes
	Geo-memorial location	60.0167°N / 108.3667°W
	Geo-memorial NTS map reference	75C1
Personal information
	Date of birth	19160723
	Place of birth	Kinley
	Enlisted on	19410512
	Place of enlistment	Saskatchewan
	Residence on enlistment	Blaine Lake
	Occupation	farmer