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Major JOHN HENRY GAYNOR

Service Number: 205579V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

2 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 03 March 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XXII. G. 8.

Italy

S&ERM Visit to Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy - November 2006: headstone of Major J H Gaynor, DFC

Photographer: S&ERM

  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John G Gaynor, and of Christianna M. Gaynor, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT MATTERS MOST IS WHAT WE GIVE OF SERVICE AS WE PASS. GOD IS LOVE
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