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Military service
Service number:
R/135149
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Squadron
Birth:
Mason City
Enlistment:
October 13, 1941
Death:
November 17, 1942
Wixhen Bonhunt, Essex, United Kingdom
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Compartment 39. Grave 25.
Additional information
Son of Harry R. Cavanaugh and Catherine Kiley of Mason City, Iowa. Harry served with the US Army during the First World War.
Robert Cavanaugh previously served as Private 1st Class in the Iowa National Guard from 1936 to 1939.
Served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 385 days of service, including 104 overseas.
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Commemorated on:
Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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