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Leading Aircraftman JAMES JOSEPH GAITENS

Service Number: 646644
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

489 (R.N.Z.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Sec. 17. Grave 1241.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Helen Gaitens, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SAINT THERESA, PRAY FOR HIM MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (ST. PETER'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Glasgow United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 279
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