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Flight Sergeant COLIN ALEXANDER MacVEAN

Service Number: 999002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

80 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

5. D. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick William and Phyllis MacVean, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription BECAUSE OF YOU WE WILL BE GLAD AND GAY, REMEMBERING YOU WE WILL BE BRAVE AND STRONG
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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