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Corporal WILLIAM JOHN JESS

Service Number: 548834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

6. B. 11.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Isabella Jess, of Woodvale, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT MEAN SO MUCH, "MY SON" HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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