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Private JOHN McDONALD

Service Number: 2885086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XI. B. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret McDonald, of Springburn, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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