Corporal Leo Cairns served with SP Troop 1st Airborne Recce Squadron, Reconnaissance Corps and took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.
Corporal Cairns died between 25-26 September 1944, aged 29 years old. He is now buried at Rhenen General Cemetery, Rhenen, Utrecht.
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