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Military service
Service number:
R/78983
Age:
29
Rank:
Warrant Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
December 17, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot 69. Row D. Joint grave 4.
Additional information
Son of Samuel Thorneycroft, and of Auriole Thorneycroft, of Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY Netherlands
The AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY is in the south-eastern district of Amsterdam on the road to Hilversum and is easily reached by public transport. The British plots are in the south-eastern portion of the cemetery.
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