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Flight Sergeant GEORGE FURNEY

Service Number: 816134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

84 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. G. 1.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin W. B. Furney and Elizabeth Downes Furney, of Finaghy, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription TIME CANNOT DIM THE FACE WE LOVED, MEMORIES KEEP HIM EVER NEAR US
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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