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Flying Officer CHARLES NEWMAN FARNES

Service Number: 54693
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

355 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

9. L. 4.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Walter S. Farnes, and of Maria A. Farnes, of Manila, Philippine Islands.
  • Personal Inscription FOR PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL HE GAVE HIS LIFE. WAS IT OF NO AVAIL?
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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