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Sapper JOHN McCARTY

Service Number: 909477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

947 Port Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBBURN CEMETERY

Sec. C. Grave 659.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret McCarty, of Hebburn.
  • Personal Inscription HOW BRIGHT THESE GLORIOUS SPIRITS SHINE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEBBURN CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 94
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