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Flying Officer DONALD MARSDEN COATES

Service Number: 134562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

272 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. B. 16.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Bertram and Amy Lucy Coates, of Bishopstoke, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHO PLAYED HIS FINEST GAME AND GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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