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Pilot Officer D J BLEAKLEY

Service Number: 145409
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLOEMFONTEIN (HAMILTON) WAR CEMETERY

European Block. Grave 7.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Bleakley, of Colombo, Ceylon.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED THE SKIES, AND FLEW LAUGHING INTO THE SUN, NEVER TO RETURN
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