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Flying Officer JOSEPH LEONIDAS GERALD AVON

Service Number: J/23873
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Divn. 67. Row J. Grave 11.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Leo and Catherine Avon, of Lachine, Province of Quebec, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2063
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