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Gunner JOHN EDWARD SHIPTON

Service Number: 53294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Artillery

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1941

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADDIS ABABA WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 5.

Ethiopia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Jane Shipton, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Eleanor N. Shipton.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, WE HAVE FINISHED THE RACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ADDIS ABABA WAR CEMETERY
Ethiopia
Number of casualties: 368
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