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Air Mechanic 2Nd Class JOHN SHORT

Service Number: 53657
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

59th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELSAUX FARM CEMETERY, BEUGNY

II. A. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Sarah Short, of 20, Paris St., Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE FLOWER OF HIS YOUTH HE WAS TAKEN
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Buried or commemorated at

DELSAUX FARM CEMETERY, BEUGNY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 495
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