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Sergeant JOHN ARTHUR AHERN

Service Number: 400909
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILGIL WAR CEMETERY

E. 7.

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James Albert George and Olive Hilda Ford Ahern, of Thornbury, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription WAITING BEYOND LIFE'S SUNSET TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

GILGIL WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 256
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