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Pilot Officer JOHN BATTEN-SMITH

Service Number: 171042
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

8. B. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John Batten-Smith, and of Kathleen Beulah Batten-Smith, of Fernhill, Nilgiris, India.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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