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Private JOHN MACDONALD

Service Number: 2879540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

IV. E. 28.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Janet Macdonald, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription MY THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS HERE WHERE MY DEAR JACKIE LIES. LOVED BY ALL. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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