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Lance Naik SHANKAR CHAWAN

Service Number: MT/891112
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

25 Inf. Bde. Transport Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

Hindu. O. 2.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Dhondba Rao Chawan and Darupadi Bai, of Wawetarf Khed, Ratnagiri, India.
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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