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Warrant Officer HAROLD ELSDON THORPE

Service Number: 402419
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 12.

India

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Gordon Thorpe and Elsie Rebecca Thorpe, of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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