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Wing Commander GORDON LESLIE MAURICE SCHRADER

Service Number: 37986
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

99 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Plot O. Row C. Grave 1.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leslie Maurice and Julia Schrader, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE FEW TO WHOM SO MANY OWE SO MUCH. HE DIED AS HE LIVED, DOING HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
India
Number of casualties: 946
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