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In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Phillips Holmes

Military service

Service number: R/143895

Age: 35

Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Force: Air Force

Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force

Birth: July 27, 1907 Grand Rapids, Michigan

Death: August 12, 1942

Burial/memorial information

HAWTHORNE CEMETERY OF THE GATE OF HEAVEN

Grave reference: Sec. 40 between 568 and Grave 1-2-3.

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Son of Taylor and Edna Phillips Holmes, of New York City.

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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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HAWTHORNE CEMETERY OF THE GATE OF HEAVEN New York, United States of America

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Date modified:: 2025-12-02