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Corporal JOHN ALEXANDER

Service Number: 573433
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Grave 96520A.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bernard Samuel and Florence Emmeline Alexander, of Richmond, Yorkshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription A BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1498
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