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Leading Aircraftman LESLIE MONTAGUE BENNETT

Service Number: 917374
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

8. A. 7.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis John and Emily Bennett; husband of Annie Bennett, of Battersea, London.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT IT MEANT TO LOSE HIM, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. "SMILING THROUGH, DARLING"
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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