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Military service
Service number:
39381
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
royal air force
Division:
242 Sqdn.
Death:
May 23, 1940
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 2.
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Son of Thomas and Sarah Bingham Graafstra, of Souris, Manitoba.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 603 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wancourt is a village and commune 8 kilometres south-east of Arras and 2 kilometres south of the main road (N.39) to Cambrai. The communal cemetery is about 1 kilometre west of the church, on the D.34 road to the neighbouring village of Neuville-Vitasse. Near the western boundary and south of the entrance are the graves of 5 soldiers of the United Kingdom forces, 3 of whom are not identified, and an airman of the Royal Air Force.
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