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Private JOHN GRAVES FREESTON

Service Number: 4348361
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. F. 2.

Italy

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 3 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cyril and Isabella K. R. Freeston, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription ONE WHO NEVER TURNED HIS BACK BUT MARCHED BREAST FORWARD

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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