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Warrant Officer Basil Ralph Yorke

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Military service

Service number: R/11546
Age: 26
Rank: Warrant Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 200 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Death: November 3, 1942 Jeswang, Gambia

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 4. A. 4.
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Son of Harry Burton and Gertrude Meria Yorke, of Wharton, Nova Scotia; husband of Martha Sophia Yorke, of Toronto, Ontario.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 126 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAJARA WAR CEMETERY Gambia

By taxi, ask for the FAJARA WAR CEMETERY on Pipeline Road (Kairaba Avenue) about 1.5 kilometres from Atlantic Road. By foot it is best to ask for Pipeline road. The Cemetery is mid-way between Atlantic Road and Tourist Road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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