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Pilot Officer JOHN SEDDON LAIRD

Service Number: J/87503
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

424 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

11. E. 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Lawrence and Elizabeth Laird, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO KEEP US FREE; O GOD, KEEP HIM CLOSE AND CLOSER TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1119
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