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Flight Lieutenant DESMOND LAURENCE MATTHEWMAN

Service Number: 101013
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

540 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 5. A. 12-13.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Henry and Florence May Matthewman, of Cheam, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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