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Leading Aircraftman GORDON WILLIAM CORNISH

Service Number: 1336389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VEREENIGING OLD TOWN CEMETERY

C. of E. Plot. Grave 1276.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Elsie Cornish, of Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
  • Personal Inscription THE KING CALLED - HE ANSWERED: THE KING OF KINGS CALLED - HE ANSWERED
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Buried or commemorated at

VEREENIGING OLD TOWN CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 48
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