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Sergeant JOHN JAMES OPIE

Service Number: 1312291
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEITEREN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Opie and of Celia Opie (nee Stone); nephew of Mr. J. R. Opie, of Helston, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON, ONLY LENT, ONE OF THE BEST GOD EVER SENT
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Buried or commemorated at

HEITEREN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Haut-Rhin France
Number of casualties: 5
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