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Orville Pierce Downey

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Orville Pierce Downey

May 4, 1943
Byngardane, Tunisia

Military Service


Service Number:

R/84666

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

July 11, 1922

Commemorated on Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

XI. D. 14.

Location:

The town of Sfax is 270 kilometres south of Tunis. The SFAX WAR CEMETERY lies within the enclosure of the civil cemetery, 2 kilometres south of the town centre on the road to Gabes. It has a private entrance on the main road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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