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Flight Sergeant Leslie James Capton

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Military service

Service number: R/127800
Age: 21
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 49 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: November 19, 1920 Six Nations Reserve, Ohsweken, Ontario
Enlistment: August 20, 1941 Ontario
Death: August 29, 1942 Kalchreuth, Germany

Burial/memorial information

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Coll. grave 11. F. 4-12.
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Son of Leslie Walter and Beatrice Capton, of Ohsweken, Ontario.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 63 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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