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Captain JOHN EDWARD BASSANT

Service Number: 324444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

1. G. 15.

Myanmar

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2 Field Regt., Royal Indian Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Alfred and May Elizabeth Bassant, of Gravesend, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, THE YEARS ROLL BY, BUT IN OUR HEARTS YOU NEVER DIE

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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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