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Second Lieutenant JOHN WHITTAKER

Service Number: 165934
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

41st (Oldham)

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

4. J. 9.

Madagascar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hilda May Whittaker, of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY OF JOHN, LOVED SON OF JOHN AND HILDA WHITTAKER. GOD GRANT GRACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Madagascar
Number of casualties: 315
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