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Major JACK CHILDERSTONE COLEBROOKE

Service Number: 45012
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXXII. A. 21.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Ernest and Janet Caroline Stewart Colebrooke; husband of Catherine Grace Colebrooke, of Urchfont, Wiltshire. M.A.
  • Personal Inscription FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM FOR KING AND COUNTRY FOR WIFE AND FAMILY HE GAVE HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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