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Flying Officer JOHN FRANCIS ANTHONY RAYNS

Service Number: 150263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

148 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UDINE WAR CEMETERY

I. B. 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Horace Rayns, and of Johanna Rayns, of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
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Buried or commemorated at

UDINE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 415
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