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Able Seaman FRANCIS LEONARD SAMPSON

Service Number: V/174
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.C.S. Athabaskan

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLOUESCAT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 21.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
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Buried or commemorated at

PLOUESCAT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Finistere France
Number of casualties: 60
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