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Leading Aircraftman JOSEPH ROURKE

Service Number: 1119672
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

113 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY

5. F. 3.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Catherine Rourke, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1154
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