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Flying Officer JOHN ROSS MEARNS

Service Number: 185171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 16.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Mearns, and stepson of Ellen Mary Mearns, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON. JOHN AND ELLEN MEARNS OF ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

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