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Gunner JOHN WHALE

Service Number: 890430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

74 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 11 February 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 3.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eliza Whale, of South Shields, Co. Durham; husband of Rose Whale, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S GOOD TIME WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. EVER REMEMBERED BY LOVING WIFE & CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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