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Wing Commander JOHN CLIFFORD SHAKESHAFT

Service Number: 10144
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (RAFO)

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1941

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 2.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ann M. Shakeshaft; husband of Adah M. Shakeshaft, of Mortimer, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATLY LOVED BY ALL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LOYALTY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY

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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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