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Pilot Officer ERIC WHITBY RITCHIE

Service Number: 412189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

8. E. 14.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William James Ritchie and Melinda Jane Ritchie; husband of Isobel Frances Ritchie, of Seaforth, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER LOVED AND REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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