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Corporal JOHN MAURICE TONKIN

Service Number: 648558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COPENHAGEN (BISPEBJERG) CEMETERY

X. 7. 43.

Denmark

Copenhagen (Bispebjerg) Cemetery, Denmark: site-specific photos from Malcolm Ross, June 2019

Photographer: Malcolm Ross

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard George and Alice Tonkin, of Fraddon, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription GOD KEEPS THE SACRED LIFE HE GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

COPENHAGEN (BISPEBJERG) CEMETERY
Denmark
Number of casualties: 40
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