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Squadron Leader BERNARD BARTON CRESSWELL

Service Number: 82
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

G. A. 3.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Eleanor Martha Cresswell; husband of Faith Lerida Cresswell, of Exeter, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED, FOR AUSTRALIA
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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