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Corporal JOHN McELIN

Service Number: 956357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

93 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (BURSLEM) CEMETERY

Sec. R.C. Grave 721.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Elizabeth McElin, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT GOD HATH WILLED AND PLANNED, SOMEDAY WE'LL UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (BURSLEM) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 131
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