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Major RAINSFORD BALCOMBE-BROWN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

56th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

G. 50.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Balcombe-Brown and Eliza M. Balcombe-Brown, of Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription DOMINUS ILLUMINATIO MEA
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 854
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