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Sergeant WILLIAM ALEXANDER DE SYLVA

Service Number: 1570879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1946

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 8.

Pakistan

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elphinstone M. J. de Sylva and Davidina de Sylva, of Arisaig, Inverness-shire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED YOUNGEST SON OF DAVIDINA AND THE LATE DR. ELPHINSTONE DE SYLVA. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
Pakistan
Number of casualties: 642
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