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Lance Serjeant DONALD JOHN LESSELS SHORTMAN

Service Number: 7893741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

44th (Oldham)

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

III, A, 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Harry Valentine Shortman, M.C., and Leonie Margaret Isobel Shortman, of Harpsden, Oxfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 769
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