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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM GOWER

Service Number: 1262912
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY

Grave 98.

Zimbabwe

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James and Alice Elizabeth Gower; husband of Gladys Esther Maud Gower, of Sanderstead, London. A.C.I.S.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE. "WITH CHRIST; WHICH IS FAR BETTER" PHILIPPIANS I.23
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Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 170
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