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Gunner WILLIAM FREDERICK BIRKIN

Service Number: 889335
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

1 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

8. K. 7.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Alice Birkin, of South Elmsall, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN THE DAWN BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE THEN SHALL WE UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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