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Flying Officer JOHN WILLIAM DOWNS

Service Number: J/12886
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

13. B. 12.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Margaret Elizabeth Downs, of Welland, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS A GOOD SON
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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