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Flight Sergeant WILSON DRAPER BURD

Service Number: R/82217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

108 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 19.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Ira L. Burd and Ethel Burd, of Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY BELOVED TO EVER BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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