Ivanhoe in Centre Hastings in Hastings County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Stewart Kerby

1915 • First Sgt. Pilot of Huntingdon Twp. • 1943

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025

1. Stewart Kerby Marker

Inscription.
Warrant Officer Michael Stewart Kerby, RCAF, was born in Ivanhoe Ontario, worked on the farm and in the hardware store business when he joined the RCAF at Toronto. He received his training at Picton, Trenton and Camp Borden, to go overseas in October 1941. Kerby served with the RCAF as a Flight Sergeant in Great Britain and in the Middle East. When [i]n Egypt he sustained a crash but was saved, winning the Order of the Flying Boot award. He returned to England and on May 12, 1943, he was killed in England while on active duty. Kerby attended West Huntingdon and Ivanhoe Schools, where he played hockey. He was promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer on April 7, 1943, and conferred posthumously. Son of Michael and Minnie, siblings of Joseph, Mary, Eileen, Hellen, Gerald and John Kerby.

This plaque is commemorated thanks to Brian Long, Brock Kerby the Huntingdon Rec Committee

Erected by Brian Long and the Huntingdon Rec Committee.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 7, 1943.

Location. 44° 23.733′ N, 77° 28.29′ W.

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Memorial is in Centre Hastings, Ontario, in Hastings County. It is in Ivanhoe. It is on Provincial Highway 62 just north of Slab Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is in Huntingdon Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11379 Ontario Hwy 62, Centre Hastings ON K0K 2K0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Thomas Emo Fleming (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Historical Gauen Cemetery (approx. half a kilometer away); Centennial of Confederation (approx. 11.1 kilometers away); John Weir Foote, V.C. 1904-1988 (approx. 12.3 kilometers

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025

2. Stewart Kerby Marker

away); Battle of Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary / 385th Army Cadet Corps (approx. 12.3 kilometers away); War Memorial Cenotaph (approx. 12.3 kilometers away); The Founding of Madoc (approx. 12.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Centre Hastings.

Also see . . . Michael Joseph Stewart Kerby in Find A Grave. (Submitted on May 22, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 22, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.