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Private JOHN WILLIAM DEAR

Service Number: 14473487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1947

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

34. A. 8.

Singapore

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Charles and Sarah Dear, of New Southgate, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED. WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVED THEE BEST. GOOD NIGHT

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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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