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Lieutenant JOHN HILARY CARTER WRIGHT

Service Number: 138789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Date of Death

Died 17 January 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

22. D. 19.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 5th Bn. 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Gordon and Marion Wright, of Exeleigh, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription JESU, MERCY.
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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