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Leading Aircraftman DAVID COOPER

Service Number: 1430704
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

159 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

9. K. 4.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. L. L. Cooper, of Whitchurch, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY AN AIRMAN TO THE WORLD BUT THE WORLD TO HIS MOTHER. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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