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Pilot Officer BRUCE ASTOR SCHAEFER

Service Number: 403439
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LERWICK NEW CEMETERY

Terrace 7B Grave 8.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Grave Schaefer, of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LERWICK NEW CEMETERY
Shetland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 119
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