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Flying Officer OSCAR EDWARD COATES

Service Number: 113922
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

296 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VI. C. 1.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William Coates, and stepson of Martha Marie Coates; husband of Violet F. Coates, of Edgware, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription HOW CAN A MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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