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Flying Officer JOHN ERNEST EDWARDS

Service Number: 36151
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

40 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECAUSSINNES D'ENGHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 4.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest James Edwards and of Margaret Eleanor Edwards (nee Galloway), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND. GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD BOY. A BELOVED SON AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

ECAUSSINNES D'ENGHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 6
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