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Gunner JOHN BERNARD CAIRNS

Service Number: 20391
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Artillery

5 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

16. B. 3.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John and Marion Cairns, of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of G. B. Cairns, of Lower Hutt, Wellington.
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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