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Pilot Officer DOUGLAS WILBERFORCE SPOONER

Service Number: 404553
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 14. B. 9-10.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Wilberforce and Sarah Cecilia Spooner, of Windsor, Queensland, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE GROW OLD. ALWAYS WE SHALL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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