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Private JOSEPH JOHN SHORT

Service Number: 3711233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

4. A. 1.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David T. Short and Tegwedd Short, of Tylorstown, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription WE ARE FAR FROM THE LAND WHERE OUR DEAR ONE LIES SLEEPING. TILL WE MEET AGAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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