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Captain JOHN BROTHERSTON

Service Number: 247296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1945

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 1.

Germany

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 4th Armd. Bde.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Brotherston; husband of Christina Tait Brotherston. of Berwick-on-Tweed.
  • Personal Inscription ''LIFE WAS SWEETER BECAUSE HE LIVED, DEATH LESS DREADFUL BECAUSE HE DIED''
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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