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Corporal GORDON LAKER

Service Number: 591897
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 11.

Zimbabwe

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James Laker, of Ashford, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN JESU'S KEEPING. "I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU"
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Buried or commemorated at

GWERU CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 108
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