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Wing Commander GILBERT ROBERT THURSTUN

Service Number: 460
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1947

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

37. D. 5.

Singapore

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Victor Tasman and May Thurstun; husband of Elizabeth Olive Thurstun, of Erina, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF BETTY AND LOVING FATHER OF JENNIFER AND GILLIAN
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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