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In memory of:

Sergeant Joseph Samuel Cornfield

Military service

Service number: R/122947

Age: 22

Rank: Sergeant

Force: Air Force

Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 23 Operational Training Unit

Birth: April 15, 1920 Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: August 29, 1941 Ontario

Death: January 27, 1943 Halvergate, England

Burial/memorial information

NORWICH CEMETERY

Grave reference: Jewish Section, Grave 234.

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Son of David and Helen Cornfield, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Molly.

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In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 148 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NORWICH CEMETERY Norfolk, United Kingdom

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Date modified:: 2025-12-02