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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM HAIG TROTTER SWANSTON

Service Number: 970056
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

33. C. 10.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Swanston, of Ayton, Berwickshire; husband of Margaret Catherine Swanston, of Burnmouth, Berwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOREVER IN MY THOUGHTS UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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