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Flying Officer JAMES DAVID SHARPLES

Service Number: J/19986
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

418 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

5. G. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Jean Sharples, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.Comm., Hons.
  • Personal Inscription THE COST OF A THING IS THAT AMOUNT OF LIFE WHICH MUST BE EXCHANGED FOR IT
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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