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Aircraftman 1St Class JOHN ALEXANDER HENLEN BASCOMBE

Service Number: 1860937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

135 Air Stores Park.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. C. 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Reginald Heber Bascombe and Elsie Gladys Bascombe, of Mottingham, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR ONE PASSED WITHOUT FAREWELL. MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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