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Sergeant WILLIAM SMITH BLACK

Service Number: 1551581
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY

Plot 4. Row A. Grave 12.

Zimbabwe

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Archibald and Catherine Smith Black, of Bearsden, S'clyde.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED YOUNGER SON. FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 108
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