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Leading Aircraftman FRANCIS LYON McKINLAY

Service Number: 1002171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1943

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

14. D. 8.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Beveridge McKinlay and Frances Sarson Lyon McKinlay, of Hamilton, Lanarkshire; husband of Lizzie McKinlay, of Hamilton.
  • Personal Inscription THY PURPOSE, LORD, WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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