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Private JOHN HERBERT PEARSON

Service Number: S/248421
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

55 Inf Bde. Grp. Transport Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

10. D. 6.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin Jacob and Rose Emma Pearson, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TOOK AWAY, ONE SUMMER DAY, MY TALL BRAVE SON
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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