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Flying Officer John William Graafstra

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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

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WANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Grave 2.
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Son of Thomas and Sarah Bingham Graafstra, of Souris, Manitoba.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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