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Pilot Officer ALEXANDER JOHN SMITH

Service Number: J/16380
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1943

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

17. B. 5.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Alex and Johanna Preshaw Smith, of West Summerland, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED AND REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

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