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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 6969389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

9th (1st Bn. The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

23. A. 8.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert V. T. and Alice Smith, of Laindon, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON JOHN
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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