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Squadron Leader DONALD JOSEPH HARKNESS

Service Number: 41694
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

158 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

Row D. Grave 20.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George Percy and Georgine McKay Harkness, of Midhurst, Taranaki, New Zealand; husband of Joan Harkness, of Esher, Surrey.
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FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY
Zeeland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 245
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