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Pilot Officer JAMES COWIE DONALD

Service Number: 130868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEORGE (YORK STREET) PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY

Grave 7.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Dora Donald, of Arkley, Hertfordshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription WENT THE DAY WELL? WE DIED, WE NEVER KNEW; BUT WELL OR ILL, FREEDOM, WE DIED FOR YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

GEORGE (YORK STREET) PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 5
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