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Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN PINCKNEY

Service Number: 1805139
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

358 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 75.

Thailand

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Elizabeth Pinckney, of Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN A HERO'S GRAVE, THE SON I LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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