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Claude Cecil Blamey

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Claude Cecil Blamey

January 6, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/97675

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

200 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Urban Coningsby and Kathrine Margaret Blamey, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FAJARA WAR CEMETERY
Gambia

Grave Reference:

3. C. 4.

Location:

By taxi, ask for the FAJARA WAR CEMETERY on Pipeline Road (Kairaba Avenue) about 1.5 kilometres from Atlantic Road. By foot it is best to ask for Pipeline road. The Cemetery is mid-way between Atlantic Road and Tourist Road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Gravemarker– Fajara War Cemetery

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    Gravemarker – Fajara War Cemetery

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