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Flight Sergeant FRANCIS W. PETERKIN

Service Number: R/139493
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

419 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Gordon Peterkin and Eleanor Frances Peterkin, of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription OF HIS OWN VOLITION HE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AGAINST TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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