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LE GUÉ-DE-LA-CHAÎNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Orne
France

Location Information

La Gué-de-la-Châine is a village and commune 36 kilometres by road east-south-east of Alençon, on the D.955 road to Nogent-le-Rotrou and Châteaudun. The communal cemetery is on the eastern side of the village on the D.955 road. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, west of the monument in the centre, and near the west wall.
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Burial Details

414694 Warrant Officer Donald Bertram Kairton, Royal Australian Air Force, died 14th June 1944, aged 22. 
Son of Wilfred and Evelyn Kairton, of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. REMEMBERING HIM WHO DIED FOR US "DON" ALSO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

Picture Description

ENGLAND. 1944-06-11. 414694 FLIGHT SERGEANT D. B. KAIRTON, BABINDA, QLD, A MUSTANG PILOT WITH NO. 19 SQUADRON RAF, READY TO LEAVE WITH ANOTHER LOAD OF BOMBS FOR A TARGET IN THE INVASION AREA.

Picture of Headstone © Conrad Freeling

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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