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Aircraftman 2Nd Class MAX MEIR GANS-SCHILLER

Service Number: 769434
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial. (Basra Jewish Cemetery).

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Camillo Gans-Schiller and of Paula Gans-Schiller (nee Schwager), of Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  • Personal Inscription BURIED AT THE TIME IN BASRA JEWISH CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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