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Military service
Service number:
J/9531
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
April 5, 1918
Hedley, British Columbia
Enlistment:
May 20, 1941
British Columbia
Death:
July 2, 1942
Carleton, Nottingham, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Cons. Portion. Grave 1177.
Additional information
Son of Algernon Thomas Horswill and Margaret Horswill, of Castlegar, British Columbia. Husband of Margaret Amy Horswill. Brother of Robert, Thomas Stanley, Dorothy, Eileen and Rhoda.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OLLERTON CEMETERY Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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