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Gunner JOHN RICHARD OATES

Service Number: 1268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

8th Anti-Aircraft Sect.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

X. C. 8A.

France

Photos taken in cemeteries in France by Director of Technical Services - March 2011 (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DTS to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent an appropriate keyword has been added).

Photographer: Director of Technical Services, CWGC

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas and Mary Oates, of Gwealavellan Farm, Hayle, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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