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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM SCAIFE

Service Number: 1121283
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

84 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

13. D. 7.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Alice Ann Scaife, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY HERE WHERE OUR LOVED ONE LIES SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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