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Lieutenant JOHN VERNON BOWKER

Service Number: EC/2460
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

9. C. 3.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Vernon and Annie Bowker, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM ALL HE HELD MOST DEAR, HIS HEART IN ENGLAND, BUT HIS VALOUR HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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