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Private ALEXANDER SHEARER

Service Number: 2880465
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 16 March 1943 and 17 March 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY

VI. C. 23.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Shearer, of Portsoy, Banffshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED AND DEEPLY MOURNED BY ALL AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1255
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