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Gunner BARRY SANDFORD HOBSON

Service Number: 612029V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Artillery

1/16 Bty.

Date of Death

Died 01 February 1946

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

VI, E, 14.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Barry and Vera B. Hobson, of Ebenezer, Cape Province.
  • Personal Inscription "IN SHORT MEASURES LIFE MAY PERFECT BE"
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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