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Sergeant LEONARD VICTOR SCHAFER

Service Number: 778716
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

59 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

5. F. 13.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Adolph William Schafer, and of Ellen Winifred Schafer, of Glendale, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Personal Inscription "LET US IN LIFE, IN DEATH, THY STEADFAST TRUTH DECLARE" LOVINGLY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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