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Sergeant DONALD SAMUEL HIRST

Service Number: 1217352
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 22. C. 15-17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Victor and Eva Hirst; husband of Audrey Hirst, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE SACRIFICED ALL THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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