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Pilot Officer JOHN CASSON

Service Number: 160186
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

250 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

IV, A, 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Olive Beatrice Casson, of Inyanga, Southern Rhodesia. His brother William Harry also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"
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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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