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Pilot Officer WILLIAM JOHN SHIRTCLIFFE

Service Number: 400032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASSINGBOURN CUM KNEESWORTH CEMETERY

Row BB. Grave 10.

United Kingdom

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Photographer: Drew Campbell

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Stanley and Norah Eshdale Shirtcliffe; husband of Evelyn Eliza Shirtcliffe, of Devonport, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BASSINGBOURN CUM KNEESWORTH CEMETERY
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 73
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