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Serjeant DESMOND PATRICK BARNEWALL

Service Number: 408765
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 23 November 1942 and 27 November 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

4. D. 12.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. John Barnewall and Jennie Barnewall, of Campile, Co. Wexford. Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT SORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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