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Lieutenant OWEN SHANKS

Service Number: 329143
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 February 1945

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

14. G. 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Shanks; husband of Grace Darling Shanks, of Loanhead, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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