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Gunner JACK ATHERTON

Service Number: 1533026
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

153 Bty., 51 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

3. N. 9.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Atherton and Edith Atherton, of Orrell, Lancashire; husband of Mary Atherton, of Orrell.
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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