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Pilot Officer JOHN LEIGH OKELL

Service Number: 68182
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKBY WHARFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Row C. Grave 3.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Leigh Okell and Marion Beatrice Okell, of Edgware, Middlesex.
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKBY WHARFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 44
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