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Wing Commander Arthur Brian Wheeler

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Military service

Service number: J/4813
Age: 28
Rank: Wing Commander
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 88 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth: February 11, 1916 Fielding, New Zealand
Enlistment: October 17, 1940 Ontario
Death: February 15, 1944

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 6. Row G. Grave 3.
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Son of Arthur Leslie and Dorothy Maud Wheeler, of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Evelyn Margaret (Peggie) Wheeler, of Marton.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 475 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY Manche, France

Cherbourg is a town and port on the north of the Cherbourg Peninsula in the Department of the Manche. The CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the western side of the town.

Coming from Bayeux, turn left at the roundabout in Cherbourg towards the town centre. Continue straight on for about 2 kilometres and on ascending the hill, turn right. Commission signs will be seen.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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