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Leading Aircraftman JOSEPH HILDITCH

Service Number: 1055219
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY

Block F. Grave 335.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Martha Hilditch, of Larne, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 710
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