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Flight Lieutenant John Herbert Long

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Military service

Service number: J/15069
Age: 21
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 126 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: April 4, 1921 Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment: July 15, 1940 New Brunswick
Death: January 28, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: VII. H. 8.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 182 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY Italy

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY is located in the Contrada of Canalicchio in the Commune and Province of Syracuse. It lies 3 kilometres west of Syracuse. Turn left at the end of the Catania to Syracuse motorway and the SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY can be found approximately 5 kilometres along on the left hand side.

The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited outside the working hours of the local gardening staff, but will be unmanned.

The local gardening staff working hours are as follows:
From first Monday in April:
Monday to Thursday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.45
Friday: 07.30 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.30
From first Monday in October:
Monday to Thursday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 16.00
Friday: 08.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 15.00

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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