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Aircraftman 2Nd Class DESMOND SKINNER

Service Number: 1806848
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 04 December 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

Mil. Sec. Grave 383.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Conrad and Dorothea Skinner, of Besenville, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON. MOTHER AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 646
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