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Flying Officer DOUGLAS JAMES SPENCE

Service Number: 42445
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

274 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

3. P. 2.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander William and Mary Henrietta Spence, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOUGLAS KILLED IN ACTION. BORN AT CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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