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Wing Commander JOHN WOODBURN GILLAN

Service Number: 26010
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1941

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 2 Row 2 Grave 41.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, Air Force Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the Revd. David Hedley Gillan, and of Helen Gillan (nee Drummond), of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DAUNTLESS SPIRIT IS ALIVE FOR EVERMORE
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