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Aircraftman 1St Class JOSEPH WILLIAM WARD

Service Number: 979024
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

211 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

10. D. 14.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Martha Jane Ward, of Darwen, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH ABSENT, JOE, YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR, STILL LOVED AND DEARLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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