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Sergeant JOHN ELLIOTT COOMBS

Service Number: R/104389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OLLERTON CEMETERY

Cons. Portion. Grave 1202.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Ernest and Beatrice Elliott Coombs; husband of Kathleen May Coombs, of Kingsville, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription CHEERFULLY HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

OLLERTON CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 25
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