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Corporal JOHN HERBERT WINTLE

Service Number: 519946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

39 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1940

Buried or commemorated at

DIRE DAWA AFRICAN WAR CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial. No. 3.

Ethiopia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Alternative Commemoration - buried in Dire Dawa Civil Cemetery.
  • Personal Inscription BURIED AT THE TIME IN DIREDAWA CIVIL CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"
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Buried or commemorated at

DIRE DAWA AFRICAN WAR CEMETERY
Ethiopia
Number of casualties: 73
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