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Aircraftman 2Nd Class DEREK BURKINSHAW

Service Number: 1680451
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY

Grave 80.

Zimbabwe

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Mafeking and Evelyn Harriet Burkinshaw, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription O LORD, FORGIVE US WHEN YOU HEAR US CRY, WE LOVED HIM DEARLY OH, WHY HAD HE TO DIE?
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Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 170
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