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Sergeant JOHN ARTHUR DRAIN

Service Number: 1394720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

57 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GERAARDSBERGEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Coll. Grave 6-9.

Belgium

Photos of headstones in Geraardsbergen Communal Cemetery, Belgium taken by Nele Bille, WEA - 1 August 2020

Photographer: Nele Bille

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Edward and Kathleen Drain, of Bonnington, Kent.
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Buried or commemorated at

GERAARDSBERGEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 21
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