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Gunner JOHN THOMAS WHALE

Service Number: 893653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

28 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. V. 4.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Elsie Maud Whale, of Eastleigh, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH SO FAR AWAY WE NEVER WILL FORGET; SO REST, DEAR JOHN, IN PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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