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Leading Aircraftman JOSEPH PERCY ADAMS

Service Number: 1194507
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 13 January 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY

Plot 3. Row A. Grave 6.

Zimbabwe

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Hannah Adams, of Blackheath, W. Midlands.
  • Personal Inscription SHARP WAS THE BLOW BUT GOD JEHOVAH, GOOD & KIND, WILL COMFORT THOSE I LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 108
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