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Sergeant JAMES JOSEPH BURKE

Service Number: 41307
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

485 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHYTELEAFE (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD

Row I. Grave 27.

United Kingdom

Portland stone in good condition. Some flaking on top

Photographer: Graham Norris

  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick Burke, and of Annie Burke (nee Maher), of Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

WHYTELEAFE (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 53
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