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Sepoy SHANKAR SAWANT

Service Number: 17562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

5th Mahratta Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER CREMATION MEMORIAL

Column 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Govind and Laxmibai, of Insuli, Banda, Ratnagiri, India.
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Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER CREMATION MEMORIAL
Italy
Number of casualties: 517
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