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Pilot Officer DESMOND De BURGH CURTIS

Service Number: 402789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 9. B. 7-11.

Germany

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of De Burgh Laurence and Eveline Annette Curtis, of Auburn, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription "LIFE'S GREATEST SACRIFICE COMPLETE"
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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