Car Accident
Leading Aircraftsman Sherren was given a full military funeral at the St. John’s Church in Crapaud. His body was escorted home by his close friend, Ernest Newfield. Buried in St. John the Evanglelist Anglican Churchyard in Crapaud.
Newspaper Clipping:
Island Airman One of Four
Killed In Quebec Accident
"LAC, John Louis, (Jacky) Sherren, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. D. Sherren, 18 McGill Ave., Charlottetown, was one of four airmen killed on Friday in a car-truck collision about five miles east of Chicoutimi, Que.
LAC, Sherren, who enlisted in the R.C.A.F. two years ago, was born in Crapaud, P.E.I., 19 years ago and after attending school there as a child, continued his studies at Prince Street School when the family took up residence in the city.
Surviving Relatives in addition to his parents are sisters; Mrs. Donald Craig, (Mary), Tryon, P.E.I., Edith, school teaching at Borden, P.E.I., Dorothy, attending Queen Charlotte High School, and Pauling, attending West Kent School, also brothers Alfred, attending Q.C.M.S., Joe attending W.K.S., and Alan, age 5 years."
John "Jack" Louis Sherren |