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Flight Sergeant JOSEPH MELLING

Service Number: 1004951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 2.

Pakistan

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Catherine Melling, of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire. His brother Andrew also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ANDREW, SGT. PILOT R.A.F. DIED 21-10-1942 AGE 21 RESTS AT KILSYTH, SCOTLAND. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
Pakistan
Number of casualties: 642
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