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Pilot Officer BASIL PHILIP VAN BOOLEN

Service Number: 198716
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

512 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

9. D. 5.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reuben and Annie Van Boolen, of Manor Park, Essex; husband of Dorothy Van Boolen, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY BELOVED FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS, YOUR OWN DOROTHY AND GILLIAN
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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